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last updated on 31 August 2023 | reading time approx. 5 minutes
In early 2023, three local companies in Singapore, including a membrane manufacturer and two toxic industrial waste disposal companies, were fined S$ 3,000, S$ 8,500 and S$ 13,000 respectively for discharging pollutants into Singapore's sewerage system. This endangered the health of workers carrying out maintenance work on the sewer and polluted the environment.
In August 2023, a Singapore court awarded damages to an Indian workman who suffered a serious and permanent knee injury in a fall from a truck in 2021. As is common in the industry, the worker was transported by his employer, along with at least 24 other workers, in the back of a truck from his home to a construction site. As he was getting off the truck, he fell due to an inadvertent shove from one of his fellow workers. The court found that the employer's conduct was negligent, as the truck was not designed to carry so many people and safe entry and exit was not guaranteed.
Dr. Paul Weingarten
Partner, Office head
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