http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...1538&sec=nation

Family of LRT site crane accident victim seeks answers
By AUSTIN CAMOENS
austin@thestar.com.my



KUALA LUMPUR: For the past three years, A. Vijayasingam drove every day from Kampung Pandan to work near Ara Damansara without any incident until last Friday.

That day, Vijayasingam's Hyundai Sonata was caught in rush hour traffic along Jalan Lapangan Terbang Subang when a 10-tonne construction equipment hoisted by a crane at an LRT extension site nearby fell and crushed his car.

The development executive was killed instantly in the freak accident while another driver, Arifpuddin Mansoruddin, 42, in a Nissan Frontier, was injured.

Vijayasingam's family is finding it difficult to come to terms with his sudden death and wants answers to how such an accident could have happened.

His brother-in-law Jai Ganesh, 36, said Vijayasingam had travelled along that route daily from his home in Kampung Pandan to get to work near Ara Damansara.

“My brother-in-law was a good and responsible man. It is hard for us to accept this,” he said, adding that Vijayasingam's wife was grief-stricken by the tragedy.

“She's inconsolable,” he said, adding that the construction company should have assured the safety of all motorists travelling on that particular stretch of road.

“The family is looking at the possibility of taking legal action against the construction company,” he said, adding that Vijayasingam's funeral and cremation were held at around 10am yesterday.

Later, during a visit to Vijayasingam's family by Prasarana senior officials, its group director for infrastructure services Masnizam Hisham described the incident as “truly unfortunate”.

“We came to offer our condolences and extend a helping hand to the family,” she said.

Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed said they were investigating the case from several angles, adding that so far, no criminal element had been found.

saman! 100 juta wei

saman and please put that project on halt

crane PMA valid or not? evidence?
how well the lifting sling condition? evidence of maintenance done?
training cert for the crane operator?
is the risk properly assess before work commence? where is the safety and health officer during the incident?

sure can saman if this thing happen. negligence.

Just Sue

Takut, i drive there everyday

bahaya nya

Previous crane related accidents in Malaysia

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...1835&sec=nation

Friday's incident echoes the tragic death of corporate consultant Dr Liew Boon Horng on Dec 30, 2005, when an iron mould fell from the 20th floor of a building onto his BMW, killing him on the spot.

In 2009, two foreign construction workers were killed in Bangsar Utama when a crane carrying building materials fell on them following a sudden cable snap.

In 2011, a seven-storey high crane tower in George Town toppled over and fell on a pre-war house, killing bachelor Liang Yit Kwang and injuring three others.

Last year, driver Zambri Miah and his two colleagues narrowly escaped being crushed by a falling crane in Jalan Ampang.

What is the name of the construction company?

For that section, it is TRC.

the place will be haunted

saman both company for max profit... stupiak TRC...

sunway n prasarana doing good job

typical excuses, i have fren working as safety supervisor, everytime asking for budget to do safety or precaution measures, top mgmt sure said no need lah, save budget, too much paper work to do lah, too hassle lah watevafak shit they can spew out, few months later accident also they said not their responsibilities, is driver fault sendiri cari maut. one more, the worker will not listen ones, not all la due to the safety equipment was too uncomfortable for them to wear, ergonomics problem i did say.

This post has been edited by nightzstar: Apr 1 2013, 10:13 AM

as expected on previous last week post.
sos : http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry59335692

This post has been edited by Mie131085: Apr 1 2013, 10:13 AM

this should be expected then.. the 1st one answerable definitely the safety guy. if he can prove that he has done everything within his power, then the consequence will go to the project manager.

KLIA 2 also got many incident involving death but not reported. those working on site should know

this kind accident insurance cover or not?

let see wat tan sri lee lam thye have to say on this.

Given by current gomen intergrity, all the above evidence will be created instaneously.

Automatically they will still claim it is freak accident.

Let see the outcome of the investigation in a week or two.
If more than that....we will know there is some hanky panky things

there will be scapegoat after this. ppl pointing fingers n last2 the one to be blamed is the one who's handling the crane.

the top management will be left out. they are the one should be responsible for this incident.

mamat driving the crane, lifiting supervisor, site supervisor all disappear

compnay claim receive false certification not their fault

Definitely it will be paid out. If he holds a few life policies, his spouse will get the insurance money if she is nominated.

Having said that, please check and make sure the beneficiaries is updated. Getting insurance or EPF is just the first step. Updating the beneficiaries will ensure our loved ones do not have to wait in times of crisis.

How is it that TRC never learnt from their mistakes? And how dare Prasarana say that it's a traffic accident, not a site accident. All construction-related matters should be the responsibility of the contractor, including safety measures when transporting any material.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...0020&sec=nation

2nd accident already happened, and it's only 2 months apart. I wonder if the contractor actually allocated sufficient budget for safety measures, or this is another 'cincai' contractor...

ytd i read different version of story. ytd 5 tonne, today 10 tonnes. ytd the material dropped from a truck/lorry when the vehicle doing a turn and the cable snapped. today is fallen from crane at a construction site.

???

they're gonna get alot of offer from lawyers