The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is appealing a penalty against PSA Corporation Ltd after a worker dies in a 2017 workplace incident at Keppel Terminal. According to reports, a PSA employee, identified as technical specialist Lee Swee Loong, was crushed while carrying out maintenance and checks on equipment. He is understood to have been trapped between a rope drum and a trolley platform during work on a crane. The incident results in his death.
MOM’s appeal seeks a higher fine than what PSA was originally given. The Straits Times reports that PSA was fined $225,000, while Channel NewsAsia says MOM lodges the appeal in pursuit of a higher penalty. Both accounts describe the same death and the circumstances of the work being performed at the time.
The appeal is part of the enforcement process following the regulator’s findings. The reports do not indicate an outcome or timeline for the appeal in the accounts provided.
