Singapore court hears worker's allegations that supervisor ignored cries for help, employer rejects his story entirely
The High Court of Singapore recently dealt with a workplace accident claim involving a worker who alleged that his former employer's negligence resulted in serious injuries during a workplace incident.
The case, HC/OC 592/2024, centred on events that purportedly occurred on 24 April 2023 at a worksite where the worker had been employed for nearly three years.
The worker argued that his supervisor had instructed him to climb onto an elevated platform for a work briefing during the evening hours.
He claimed that while descending from this platform, he slipped and fell from a significant height, sustaining injuries to his shoulder and experiencing numbness in his right leg.
Despite his calls for help, he alleged that his supervisor, who was positioned nearby, failed to provide any assistance. Meanwhile, the employer completely disputed that any such accident had occurred.
The worker had extensive construction experience, starting his career in China at age 17 before moving to Singapore in 2012.
He had worked for seven different construction companies in Singapore, including the employer in question from 29 July 2020 to 5 June 2023.
Throughout his employment, he was deployed to the construction site of what eventually became a condominium development.
On the evening of 24 April 2023, the worker claimed he was...
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