SHAH ALAM, 2 Jan 2017:
A male Indonesian construction worker was killed and three other foreign workers were injured after being hit by a falling construction crane in Section 7 here today.
The dead worker was identified as Matrias, 38.
Shah Alam district police chief, ACP Shafien Mamat said Matrias and three other workers, aged in their 30s, were working at the construction site when the incident took place at 10.30am.
He said Matrias was confirmed dead at the Shah Alam Hospital while his compatriot and two Bangladeshi workers who sustained broken legs were also treated at the same hospital.
Shafien said the cause of the incident was still being investigated.
The Selangor Department of Occupational Safety and Health has issued an order for work at the construction site to stop immediately to facilitate investigation on the crane collapse.
A statement issued by the department said preliminary investigation found failure in the structure of the machine and further investigation was being carried out.
– Bernama