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SINGAPORE - After receiving videos from a whistleblower showing workers operating a forklift dangerously at a worksite in Ubi, Ministry of Manpower (MOM) officers conducted a surprise inspection there on Nov 21.

In one video provided by a member of the public, a worker was standing on the narrow edge of a 2.4m-high skid bin used for collecting trash, near a forklift, which could have resulted in him falling and injuring himself.

Workers should use only the forklift to move trash into the bin.

In another video, a worker hopped onto the back of a forklift, with its operator driving off, even though no one should be ferried on it.

On the morning of Nov 21, the media was invited to follow MOM officers for the inspection at 50 Ubi Avenue 3, the same week the ministry received the whistleblowing report.

Two MOM officers approached a forklift operator, who was wearing the same uniform as the workers in the videos, and asked him to park the forklift before questioning him.

He denied he or any of his colleagues had climbed onto the edge of the skid bin to dispose of trash.

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