Leelloyds Marine Engineering (‘Leelloyds’) and its assistant manager, Low Lye Wah (‘Mr Low’), became the first company and the first person respectively to be convicted and sentenced under the WSHA. The District Court fined Leelloyds S$100,000 for failing to ensure the safety of its employees, resulting in the death of Malaysian worker James Balang and […]

A COMPANY was fined $80,000 on July 10 2010 for failing to provide a safe workplace for its employees that lead to a worker’s death. A representative of Raffles Marina, which runs the restaurant, had earlier pleaded guilty to breaching the Workplace Safety and Health Act. A senior steward of the Marina Bistro Coffee House […]

A plastics company was fined $220,000 on June 21 2016 over the death of its storeman at a warehouse last year. Dawn Plastic Industries, which supplies plastic products pleaded guilty to one charge under the Workplace Safety and Health Act. The company had failed to take adequate safety measures for work carried out by its […]