One construction worker was fatally injured when a steel sheet fell and struck him on the head at the construction site of the Purple Line’s Wongwian Yai station in Bangkok on Sunday morning.
The victim, whose identity had not been released at press time, was rushed to Taksin hospital. He was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
After the accident, which occurred at about 7.50am, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand, the owner of the project, instructed Unique Engineering and Construction, the project’sbuilder, to suspend subcontractor operations for seven days, pending the outcome of an accident investigation.
The MRT also ordered the project’s builder to remind all its subcontractors to comply strictly with safety procedures on construction sites, especially the mandatory wearing of safety helmets by everyone on the site and the display of warning signs.