KINIBIZ “As soon as you see a mistake and don’t fix it, it becomes your mistake.” – Author Unknown

There’s plenty of truth in the above quote and the truth really saddened Tiger when she read yesterday an article from newswire Bernama that 92.5 percent of 3,021 construction sites inspected by the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Dosh) in the first five months of this year did not comply with regulations set.

This was revealed by Human Resource Minister Richard Riot Jaem ( photo ), who also said that within the five months, Dosh had issued 2,797 notices, 72 compounds, and brought 63 cases to court.

Yesterday, a report by The Star Online quoted the minister saying that a total of 198 construction workers were killed between 2013 and June this year. He said that the trend is worrying and the ministry will continue to monitor the 4,682 active construction sites nationwide.

What’s more, according to the minister, 53 fatal worksite accidents were recorded for the first five months of this year alone.

Notable fatal worksite accidents this year include the death of a foreign worker, who was killed while working at the Tun Razak Exchange station site of the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) in May this year. Earlier, in February, a foreign worker was killed at the MRT’s Semantan site.

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This article was written by G Sharmila.