The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Niosh) has called for a full public disclosure on the Light Rail Transit (LRT) coach overshooting the end station as the incident was a major public concern.

Niosh chairperson Lee Lam Thye said the operator, Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (Rapid KL), must conduct thorough investigations and disclose the findings to the public.

"This incident must be taken seriously. The causes and the people responsible must be identified. The question is whether it was a human error or a technical fault," he was quoted saying in Bernama .

"The company owes the public a full explanation as they have the right to know," he added

Yesterday, one of the Rapid KL coach on the Ampang LRT line dangled 25m above the ground after it overshot the end of the track at the Sentul Timur station.

Only the driver on board when the incident happened at 7.11am and the station was closed for 20 minutes until the coach was pulled back to safety using two heavy-duty cranes.

However, LRT services were not affected.

Many rely on public transport

Lee said such an incident is a serious concern to the people on the ground and the workers manning the LRT as well as thousand of passengers who rely on it.

He added that Niosh has been advocating safety work culture to ensure zero workplace incidents which could be achieved only if employers adopted safe working procedures.

"Merely making pledges about workplace safety is not enough, they must implement the safety work culture, especially the Occupational Safety and Health Management, to achieve the zero-accident target," he said.

He urged public transport operators to give priority to safety aspects as a large number of Malaysians rely on public transport to move around.