Body of worker killed in demolition incident recovered
After a massive 10—hour operation, Civil Defense officers on Friday recovered the body of a man buried under 17 stories of concrete debris in a construction site incident.
The man has been identified as 53—year—old Singaporean Chew Chee Mee.
He was working as an excavator operator at the demolition site of the former Asia Chambers of Commerce building.
Family members were visibly shaken when they identified the body, recovered just after 10pm.
It took 25 Civil Defense officers to extricate the body trapped under massive layers of rubble.
The incident happened during lunchtime.
Civil Defense officers said a concrete floor slab, located on the 17th story, gave way at around 12.20pm.
It caved in and collapsed downwards bringing the other layers with it.
The debris crashed onto Mr Chew who was working in an excavator on the ground floor, sending him and the machine into the basement level, which used to be a carpark.
The Manpower Ministry and the Police are investigating the incident. — CNA/ms
Many questions remain unanswered at this point.
But what is certain is that there would have been more casualties had workers who were inside the building not gone out to lunch when the concrete slab gave way. — CNA/ms
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