Fatal Accident Case

Date	Title Case	Location	Summary Case	Contributing Factors	Observation
19-06-2018	Struck by falling bricks	Construction site, Johor	a construction worker died after being struck by falling bricks while doing some cleaning activities. The brick was said from level 18 of the building	Serious head injuries
17-06-2018	Died falling from height	University, Kedah	Victim was a contract worker involving with the pest control job. He was found dead due to fall from level 4		i. No SOP. ii. Tiada HIRARC. ii. Did not wear any PPE
08-06-2018	Died falling from height	Construction site, Sabah	A subcontractor's worker died as he fallen down at the height of approximately 22 meters. He was doing formwork		i) Improper use of working platform ii) No PPE iii) scaffold installation is not according to specification by PE
08-06-2018	Died being caught in vehicle	Plantation, Sabah	A lorry dirver, died in an road accident after his lost control of the lorry subsequently went into the river. He was found caught in a cabin		Poor condition of th e road
07-06-2018	Died due to explosion	Construction site, Johor	A worker died as a result of explosion incident as he was unlocking cabinet. His body was found 35 feets from the scene		i. No SOP ii. No HIRARC
20-04-2018	Died falling from height	Factory, Johor	The victim fell at a height of 10 meters when the roof supports were broken. He is passing through PVC during incident	Serious injuries to head	i. No safe working procedure for working at height ii. No HIRARC at work iii. No SHO and SHC
01-04-2018	Died being hit by lorry	Construction site, Johor	A general workers being runned over by a lorry. He died on the scene	Severe head injury	i. No SOP ii. Failure to provide a safe workplace to its staff
30-03-2018	Died being run over by telescopic boom lift	Construction site, Johor	A worker diied being run over by telescopic boom lift while sleeping at the premis entrance	Serious injuries to the body part
09-01-2018	Died falling from height	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	A construction worker died after falling from level 3 and subsequently crushed by concrete and scaffolding	Serious bodily injuries	No safe working procedure and Method Statement with regards to the supervision of construction and stability support
14-12-2017	Death falls into the sea and drowns	Port, Penang	The victim of a supervisor suspected to have fallen into the deep sea and drowned	Drowned	i) No supervision ii) Area of workplace was not properly barricade iii) invalid permit to work iv) victim did not wear appropriate PPEs
06-12-2017	Death in the elevator pit	Construction Site, Pulau Pinang	The victim of a subcontractor was found dead inside the elevator pit		Hole on the floor was not covered
11-09-2017	Died being hot by shovel	Factory, Pulau Pinang	Victim, a lorry driver being hit by shovel as he was walking toward the guard house to collect job sheet.	Serious injuries to the leg area
11-08-2017	Died being hit by crane	Construction site, Sarawak	A mobile crane overturned and hit 2 workers that were working nearby.	Serious injuries to the head and body	Did not comply with safe operating procedure for lifting works. Outriggers of the crane was not deployed before lifting job was done
11-07-2017	Died being struck by hook block	Construction site, Johor	Tower crane's hook block has broken and fell onto workers on the ground. During the incident, he was doing housekeeping under the crane operation area	Serious injuries to the head
08-07-2017	Died being caught	Construction site, Sarawak	A construction worker died after being caught between slab and concrete wall due to land slides.	Serious injuries to the body	No safe work procedure
04-07-2017	Died being caught in Goods Hoist	Accessories shop, Kedah	An employee was found dead by the hoist. His body was caught in a Goods Hoist	Serious injuries to the body
24-05-2017	Died being run over by lorry	Construction site, Sarawak	A lorry driver died at the construction site. The accident happened as he jumped out of the lorry as the result of losing control of that vehicle. Unfortunately, he has being run over by the lorry	Serious injuries to the head	incompetent driver
02-05-2017	Died being hit by oil tank	Warehouse, Sarawak	A supervisor was hit by oil tank lifted by a forklift	Serious injuries to the head
02-05-2017	Died of electrocution	Workshop, Sarawak	A mechanic was died of electrocution as was fixing 3 pin plug wire	Injuries to the body
04-04-2017	Died being hit by log	Log pond, Sarawak	The victim was hit by untied logs. Prior to the accident, victim was untying the logs before being moved to the ship using crane	Serious injuries to the head and body	No safe work procedure
28-03-2017	Died being caught in between conveyor	Factory, Sarawak	A worker caught in an conveyor as he was doing normal housekeeping	Serious injuries to the body	The machine was not guarded
24-03-2017	Died caught in an machine	Factory, Selangor	Victim , a technician was performing some checking and repair on a non-functional machine prior the accident. The machine suddenly move and struck his head.	Serious injuries to the head	Fail to cut-off power supply to the machine before maintainance
23-03-2017	Died being hit by log	Factory, Terengganu	The victim was hit by logs. Prior to the accident, victim was moving logs out of the lorry as the logs suddenly came down and hit him	Serious injuries to the body
22-03-2017	Died falling from height	Construction site, Johor	A carpenter died due to falling from 4 meters height as he was performing formwork removal job	Serious injuries to the head and body
11-03-2017	Died falling from height	Construction Site, Pulau Pinang	Worker died falling from height as a result being hit by crane while performing lifting operation	Serious injuries to the head	Unsafe working condition
22-02-2017	Died falling from height	Construction site, Sarawak	Worker died as he fell down from 7th floor. He was working on formwork installation before fell as a result of losing body balance	Serious injuries to the head and body	1)Walls opening was not covered 2) Fail to provide access/working platform
15-02-2017	Died being run over by forklift	Gas storage area, Sarawak	A client died being hit by forklift at the workplace. He was waiting for the gas cylinder to be moved to his truck.	Serious injuries to the body	1) Designated lane for forklift was not provided
13-02-2017	Died of drowning	Construction site, Sarawak	A construction worker was found dead due to drowning. He was believed fell into the river	Drowned	No supervision from the employer
10-02-2017	Died being pinned by forklift	Factory, Sarawak	An overturned forklift hit the driver due to failed making a U-turn	Serious injuries to the head	1) forklift was not in proper condition to be used 2) Victim did not undergo forklift driving training
10-02-2017	Died being hit by sawn timber	Port, Sarawak	victim was assigned to move the cargo (sawn timber) into the ship. Suddenly, the cargo fell down and hit the victim.	Serious injuries to the head
03-02-2017	Died due to poisonous gas	Jetty, Sarawak	worker died by poisonus gas as he was pumping out the water of the barge	Toxic gas poisoning	No safe work procedure
11-01-2017	Died falling from height	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	Construction worker died as a result of falling from the height of 15 meter. He was working on parapet wall installation at the time of incident	Serious injuries to the head	1) Safety harness was not hooked on the life line 2) No stopper on the open edge
29-10-2016	Died due to electrocution	Factory, Sarawak	Victim died due to electrocuted while removing creepers from stay wire	electrocution	No safe work procedure
15-10-2016	Died being struck by falling hook block and load	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	the victim died due to a breakage of the wire rope of a tower crane causing the hook block to fall and strike the victim	Serious injuries to the body	breakage af wire rope
16-09-2016	Died falling from height	Construction site, P.Pinang	The victim fell while walking on wooden planks heading towards the adjacent scaffold		No safe work procedure
02-08-2016	Died due to electrocution	Electricity Pole No. 8, Simpang Issu Bangat, Sarawak	Victim died due to electrocuted while tying yellow phase conductor.	electrocution	Failure to communicate between worker
21-07-2016	Died being pinned by container	Port, Pulau Pinang	A lorry driver died as he being pinned between 40 foot container and lorry. Prior to the incident, he was making a u-turn causing the container became unstabe and overturned	Serious injuries to the body
21-07-2016	Died being pinned by container	Port, Pulau Pinang	A lorry driver died as he being pinned between 40 foot container and lorry. Prior to the incident, he was making a u-turn causing the container became unstabe and overturned	Serious injuries to the body
17-07-2016	Died being hit by main gate	School, Sarawak	Victim, a security guard was found dead as he being struck by jammed main gate	Serious injuries to the head
17-07-2016	Died being hit by main gate	School, Sarawak	Victim, a security guard was found dead as he being struck by jammed main gate	Serious injuries to the head
02-07-2016	Died being crushed by lorry	Log camp, Sarawak	Victim, a lorry driver fell into the ravine with the lorry. He died at the scene	Serious injuries to the head	No safe work procedure
02-07-2016	Died being crushed by lorry	Log camp, Sarawak	Victim, a lorry driver fell into the ravine with the lorry. He died at the scene	Serious injuries to the head	No safe work procedure
29-06-2016	Died due to electrocution	Construction site, Sarawak	Prior to the incident, victim was established telephone pole using lorry loader. The victim was electrocuted as a lorry loader boom exposed to live wires	electrocution	No safe work procedure
29-06-2016	Died due to electrocution	Construction site, Sarawak	Prior to the incident, victim was established telephone pole using lorry loader. The victim was electrocuted as a lorry loader boom exposed to live wires	electrocution	No safe work procedure
24-06-2016	Died due to drowning	Construction site, Pahang	2 victim died as they played inside the construction site. They fell into the pad footing containing water	Drowned	Fail to provide warning sign
24-06-2016	Died due to drowning	Construction site, Pahang	2 victim died as they played inside the construction site. They fell into the pad footing containing water	Drowned	Fail to provide warning sign
10-06-2016	Died falling from height	Construction site, Johor	The victim fell from the 11th floor as he was performing aircond installation	Serious injuries to the head and body	Fail to wear safety harness while working at height
27-05-2016	Died due to electrocution	Construction site, Sarawak	Victim suffered from electrocution as he was in contact with the mixer lorry's body. The lorry turned into conductor as it body touched the power lines	electrocution
27-05-2016	Died being buried	Construction site, Sarawak	Victim was buried due to a landslide as he was installing formwork boards on the trench wall	Suffocation by compression	1) No safe operating procedure for working inside the trench 2) Fail to conduct HIRARC
17-05-2016	Died falling from height	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	Victim died due to falling from height at a height of 33 feets. He was working on the mobile scaffold during the time	Serious injuries to the head	The victim was not wearing any PPE equipment
14-05-2016	Died being struck by forklift	Port, Johor	Prior to the incident, the victim was driving the forklift out of the truck. Suddenly, the rear tyre slip off the ramp lead the forklift to overturned. He jumped off but unfortunately forklift fell on him. He died at the hospital	Internal injuries
13-05-2016	Died falling from height	Factory, Melaka	The victim died after falling from a height of 40 feet as he fixing the roof	Serious injuries to the body	The victim was not wearing safety belt while working
24-04-2016	Died being struck by sacks of rice	Factory, Pulau Pinang	Victim, a forklift driver died after being hit by sacks of rice. During the incident, he was patching a hole on the sack	Serious injuries to the body	No supervision from the employer
23-04-2016	Died being hit by forklift	Factory, Sarawak	The victim was hit by a forklift while walking in factory	serious injury to the head	There was no designated path for pedestrian in the factory
11-04-2016	Died caught in roller conveyor	Factory, Melaka	Victim, an machine operator was found caught in roller conveyor as the machine was running	Serious injuries to the body	No guarding of machinery
29-03-2016	Died falling from height	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	Victim, work as wireman died after falling from 20th floor. Prior to the incident, he was performing installation of tv cable	Serious injuries to the head and body
28-03-2016	Died due to poisonous gas	Jetty, Sabah	The victim died after inhaling H2S gas while transferring boxes containing fish	Toxic gas poisoning	Fail to use appropriate safety equipment such as SCBA
25-03-2016	Died falling from height	Construction site, Pahang	The victim fell form 12th floor to 6th floor as he was carrying plastering job on the walls	Serious injuries to the head and body	1) No safe work procedure 2) No supervision from the employer 3) Life line was not provided to the workers while working at height
18-03-2016	Died being run over by tractor	Plantation, Pahang	Prior to the incident, victim was moving the palm oil fruits into the trailer that was placed on the hilly road. The trailer was attached with the tractor. Suddenly, tractor was moving and crushed the victim.	Serious injuries to the body	No safe work procedure
14-03-2016	Died being hit by shovel	Factory, Kedah	Victim being hit by shovel as he was sorted the palm oil fruit according to grade	serious injuries to the head and body
14-03-2016	Died being struck bu crane's boom	Workshop, Pulau Pinang	Victim, a mechanic died due to being struck by falling crane's boom components as he was performing maintenance job on the crane	Serious injuries to the body	No safe work procedure
10-03-2016	Died being struck by heavy vehicle	Circuit Test, Pahang	Victim, driving instructor died due to being pinned as the heavy vehicle overturned while driving uphill. During the incident, the vehicle was driven by his trainee	Serious injuries to the head	No safe work procedure
05-03-2016	Died falling from height	Construction Site, Johor	The victim fell from the 6th floor while carrying out the work of binding the cable at the edge of the floor of the building	Injuries to the limbs	The open edges were not covered
29-02-2016	Died falling from height	Construction Site, Johor	Victim, a civilian is believed to have fallen from a height approximately 5 meter	Serious injuries to the head	There are weaknesses in construction site management particularly the access to the work site
22-02-2016	Died falling from height	Construction Site, Johor	Victim fell down at the height of approximately 20 meter. This incident occurred due to open edges	Serious injuries to the head	Walls opening was not covered
26-01-2016	Died falling from height	Private residential, Sarawak	At the time of the incident, victim was asked by the employer to measure the roof. While walking on the roof, he fell down at a height of 11 feet. He was reported died ath the hospital		The victim was not wearing any PPE equipment
11-01-2016	Died falling from height	Construction sites, Sarawak	The victim was working on the roof at a height of 7.7 meters . The victim fell as he stepped on broken roofs . The victim died in hospital	Serious injuries to the body	No safe work procedure in related to?working?at height
11-01-2016	Died being buried	Construction sites, Pulau Pinang	The victim worked as a detector to find any utilities , electric cables or hazardous materials in the soil . During the landslides incident , the victim was in the working in the hole . He was buried to the chest	Suffocation by compression
06-01-2016	Died being run over by shovel	Port, Pahang	Victim, work as stevedore died after being hit and run over by shovel. Incident occured as he walk toward the operating shovel without being notice by the driver	Injuries to the limbs	Ineffective communication methods between the stevedore and driver
02-01-2016	Died due to drowning	Resort, Sarawak	Victim was died due to drowning. Before the incident, the victim was not accompanied or supervised by his parent	Drowning
18-12-2015	Died falling from height	Construction sites, Johor	The victim fell as he walking through the opening between the wooden boards. He fell from 6th to the 1st floor	serious injuries to the body	1) Lack of supervision from the employer 2) Floor opening
17-12-2015	Died being struck by forklift	Quarry sites, Sabah	The accident occurred as the victim driving forklift down the hill. The vehicle suddenly out of control causing it to overturned. The victim was pinned under the forklift	serious injuries to the neck and back	Slippery road conditions
16-12-2015	Died struck by tree	Log camp, Sarawak	Victim worked as a lumberjack died being hit by tree as he was performing his duties	serious injuries to the head and body
10-12-2015	Died due to electrocution	Construction sites, Sarawak	Victim died due to electrocution as he was fixing the socket without turning off the generator set	Electrocution	Unsafe act
28-11-2015	Died due to drowning	Construction sites, Sabah	The incident took place as victim was repairing the leaking water pipe in the reservoir. He was drowned due to water rapidly increased	Drowning
28-11-2015	Died being caught in between container	Warehouse, Johor	Victim, a security guard was pinned between two containers. The incident occurred as the truck driver trying to connect the prime mover with the container	Serious head injuries
20-11-2015	Died fell into a ravine	Log camp, Sarawak	Victim, a truck's driver fell down along with the tractor as he drove sloping road	serious injuries to the body	Slippery road conditions
15-11-2015	Died falling from height	Construction sites, Pahang	Pipe came off and hit the victim as he doing the cleaning work. As a result, he fell 19 meters down	Serious bodily injuries	No safe work procedure
07-11-2015	Died falling from height	Construction sites, Pulau Pinang	The victim slipped and fell at the height of 7 meters while doing the work. During the incident, he was performing his duties as window cleaner.	Serious bodily injuries	There were signs of a break in the lanyards
31-10-2015	Died being struck by tractor	Factory, Sarawak	Victim was struck hit by a tractor while walking towards the boiler station. Incident occurred during heavy rain	Serious bodily injuries	Unsafe working condition
26-10-2015	Died being struck by tower crane bucket	Construction sites, WPKL	Incident happened as the 1.2 tonne bucket filled with san was lifted by tower crane. During the process, suddenly bucket fell down and struck the victim under	Serious bodily injuries	Failure to hoisting system
25-10-2015	Died being hit lorry	Plantation, Pahang	Victim, a lorry driver went to the oil palm processing factory through hilly terrain. During the way, lorry rear tires went into the hole caused by soil erosion. As a result, the lorry overturned and fell down the cliff. Victim was found under the lorry	Injuries all over body	The employer failed to provide safe access in the workplace
17-10-2015	Died falling from height	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	The victim fell while working alone on the 14th floor. He was cleaning the wall during the incident	Serious bodily injuries	1)No supervision by employer 2)Did not wear safety harness
16-10-2015	Died being run over by conveyor	Factory, Sarawak	The incident occurred as the victim and his colleague was working on the leaking of hydraulic press pipe. Victim was working inside the machine. The machine was turn on by his colleague with the victim still inside the machine and has caused victim being pulled into conveyor	Injuries all over body	1)Works has not been supervised by employer 2)Lock Out Tag Out system not been applied 3)Fail to follow Safe Operating Procedure
16-10-2015	Died being struck by forklift	Warehouse, Sarawak	The victim stopped his forklift to open the gate when suddenly the forklift moves forward and hit his right leg	Died due to excessive blood loss	The employer failed to provide training on forklift driver
15-10-2015	Died struck by lorry	Roadside, Pahang	2 workers died being hit by lorry as they were undergoing work of determining the damage of fibre optic cable	Serious bodily injuries	No safety signs and cones were placed during maintenance works
10-10-2015	Died caught in a cabin	Iron Ore Mine, Pahang	The accident occurred as the victim driving down the hill with the shovel. The vehicle suddelny out of control causing it to fall on the edge of a cliff at a height of approximately 15 feet. The victim was pinned in the cabin as a result of the accident	Serious bodily injuries
07-10-2015	Died falling from height	Construction sites, Sarawak	The victim worked as a Signalman. The victim fell was he was working. There were no witnesses who saw the incident	Internal injuries
03-10-2015	Died being crushed by crane boom	Construction sites, Pulau Pinang	The incident occurred as the lifting works underway. Suddenly, crane boom fell down and hit the crane's operator cabin	Serious injuries to the head and body	Swing lock pin was loosen causing the crane boom to fall down
01-10-2015	Died being struck by Support Formwork	Construction sites, WPKL	The incident took place as the dismantling support formwork job is underway. 6 workers including victim were assigned for that task	Serious bodily injuries	Fail to comply with safe operating procedure
30-09-2015	Died caught between two machines	Temporary storage area, Sarawak	During the incident, victim tried to move the forklift using lorry loader. Unfortunately, he was caught between forklift and lorry due to strong pull from the lorry loader's boom	Internal bodily injuries
28-09-2015	Died falling from height	Construction sites, Sarawak	Victim was found dead on top of the car top passenger hoist. He is believed to have fall from 20th floor. From the interview, victim did not work there and he went into the site looking for the job or meeting friend.	Bleeding of the nose, ear and head
21-09-2015		Plantation, Johor	Victim died as the sickle placed on shoulder cut through his neck	Cut Through The Neck
19-09-2015	Died falling from height	Construction sites, Johor	Victim died of falling from the height of 64 meters. During the incident, he was on the way down to lower floor by taking shortcut. He used scaffold instead of stairs provided.	Injuries to the head and body	Unsafe act
14-09-2015	Died falling from height	Construction sites, Pulau Pinang	Prior to the incident, victim was doing work of installing plywood on the 2nd floor. He is believed to fall from a height of approximately 6 meters	Severe bodily injury	1) Unsafe working condition 2)Inadequate supply of PPE to the workers
07-09-2015	Died struck by falling brickwork	Sekolah, Kelantan	Victim, student died due to being hit by falling brickwork that still under constructions	Injuries to the head and body
03-09-2015	Died trapped in a tractor	Oil Palm Plantation, Sarawak	Victim, a tractor's driver fell down along with the tractor as he drove steeply sloping road.	Severe bodily injury
26-08-2015	Died falls into holes in the ground	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	Victim was found dead after fell into the holes	Severe bodily injury
18-08-2015	Died caught in an backhoe	Construction site, Pahang	Victim was performing works of dredging the river bank using backhoe. Suddenly, the sides of the river slid and brought along the victim with the backhoe. The victim was found trapped inside cabin in the river	severe bodily injury	1)No safe work procedures for dredging the river bank 2)No supervision
16-08-2015	Died trapped under bulldozers	Forest reserve, Pahang	Victim, bulldozer's driver winched the logs to the hillsides. Suddenly, bulldozer slid down the hillsides as a result of engine failure. The victim was trapped under the machine.	Severe bodily injury
14-08-2015	Died falling from height	Construction sites, Selangor	Victim fell on the ground as he undergone crane dismantling work	Severe bodily injury
10-08-2015	Died being struck by passenger hoist's counterweight	Construction sites, WPKL	The accident occurred as the victim was maintaining Passenger Hoist. Suddenly, the machine operates without him notice. The counterweight weighing 3 tons crushed the victim's back	Severe bodily injury
08-08-2015	Died being buried	Construction sites, Pulau Pinang	Three workers died buried under the bricks and concrete while doing the work of binding the bricks. The accident occurred as a result of very strong wind turbulence causes the bricks to collapsed	Severe bodily injury	Environmental factors
29-07-2015	Died falling from height	Construction site, Sarawak	During the incident, victim was opening sling wire on sand filled bucket. He was working on the loading platform. Suddenly, the platform where he stand snapped and caused him to fall down	Severe head injuries and a broken left hand	1) Victim did not put any safety harness on him while working on the platform 2)Weight of a sand-filled bucket has exceed the safe working load for the loading platform
09-07-2015	Died falling from height	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	The accident occurred while the victim was patching up the leak on the roof. The victim slipped and fell down in a height of 45 feet	Severe bodily injury	The victim fail to put safety harness while working at height
07-07-2015	Died been buried	Construction Site, Pulau Pinang	The victim as a welder was performing his duty on collar pipe in the trench. Suddenly there was a land slide and buried the victim from the shoulder below	Suffocation	No safe work procedure
03-07-2015	Died struck by falling object	Construction sites, WPKL	During the incident, The victim was walking when, suddenly a Hollow Pipe fell from high floor and hit him on the head	Serious head injuries	Safety helmet used was broken due to the impact
03-07-2015	Died due to formwork collapsed	Construction sites, WPKL	The accident took place as the concreting work is underway. Suddenly formwork had collapsed onto the victim	Severe bodily injury	No safe work procedure
26-06-2015	Falling from height	Construction sites, Johor	The victim fell due to working platform collapsed as a result of the concrete bucket lifted by crane tower fell on the scaffolds structure	Severe bodily injury	Failure of machine during operation
23-06-2015	Died due to electrocution	Shipyard, Sarawak	Victim died due to electrocution while doing wiring works	electrocution	1)Electric switch box was not properly maintained 2)No supervision from the employer
23-06-2015	Trapped in waste separation machine	Landfill, Pahang	Prior to the incident, the victim was doing cleaning process inside the machine. His colleague turn on the machine to start the operations unaware that the victim was still inside the machine	Severe bodily injury	No safe work procedures
22-06-2015	Died crushed by concrete floor	Construction sites, Melaka	Three workers died as the concrete floor collapsed and crushed them. During the incident they were performing work of dismantling scaffolding	Severe bodily injury
17-06-2015	Died falling from height	Construction sites, Johor	Victim fell down as he carrying out building the staircase formwork	Serious injuries to the head	1)No safe work procedures for working at height 2)No supervision 3)Inappropriate use of PPE
16-06-2015	Died being hit by debris	Factory, Pulau Pinang	The victim was struck by flying debris as he carrying out punching machine	Severe bodily injury	No safe work procedures
16-06-2015	Died struck by tree	Forest Reserve, Negeri Sembilan	Victim worked as a lumberjack died being hit by tree as he was performing his duties	Severe head injury
12-06-2015	Died being struck by iron bar	Scrap Yard, Pulau Pinang	Worker was killed after being struck by iron bar. During the incident, the iron bar lifted and hit the victim as the excavator moving through. Victim happened to be at the excavator working area	Severe bodily injury	No safe work procedures
09-06-2015	Died fell into a ravine	Logging camp, Sarawak	The victim with his excavator fell into a ravine as he working near the steep gradient	Suffered head injuries	Slimy working area
02-06-2015	Died being mauled by a tiger	Zoo, Melaka	The victim was found lying next to a tiger. He was assigned to clean the cage and feed the tigers on that day.	serious injury to the head and neck	Safe operating procedure for working with the animal was was not clearly stated
28-05-2015	Died being struck by flying object	Factory, Johor	Worker was found dead near the threshing machine. He is believed being hit by flying metal fragment as he was operating the machine	serious injury to the face	1) No safe work procedure 2) Machine/rotating part was not guarded
24-05-2015	Died being hit by collapsed falsework	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	As the falsework dismantlings work are underway, suddenly the structure collapsed and fell on to the victim under	serious bodily injury	No safe work procedure
22-05-2015	Died being run over by agricultural vehicle	Plantation, Sabah	Victim was struck by agricultural's vehicle as he trying to get on the vehicle which suddenly move down the steep	Serious bodily injury	The vehicle was not in good condition
20-05-2015	Died falling from the lorry	Factory, Sarawak	The victim fell from the reversed lorry	serious bodily injury	No safe work procedure
14-05-2015	Died being struck by falling object	Construction site, Johor	The victim died as he experienced serious injuries to the head due to being hit by falling bricks.	Serious injuries to the head	Unsafe working condition
13-05-2015	Died pierced by iron rod	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	The iron rode pierced his head as the victim fell down the stairs. He died on the scene	Serious injuries to the head	No safe work procedure
10-05-2015	Died being caught in lorry's cabin	Warehouse, Kedah	The victim was a truck driver died after getting trapped in the cabin of the truck crushed by container	serious bodily injury	Death accidents forklift
23-03-2015	Died falling from height	Construction site, WP Putrajaya	4 workers died as the passenger hoist crashed from level 10 to the ground floor	Severe bodily injury
04-03-2015	Died caught between object	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	Victim was struck by mobile crane that moving backward as he was patrolling the site. The incident has lead him to be pinned between crane and culvert concrete	Severe bodily injury	Failure to ensure that work is carried out in accordance with safe operating procedures
27-02-2015	Died being struck by reinforcement bar	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	The accident took place as the victim and his two colleagues were binding the reinforcement bars. Suddenly, several bars fell and struck the victim	Face and head injuries	Failure to ensure that work is carried out in accordance with safe operating procedures
26-02-2015	Died due to drowning	Construction site, Pahang	Victim was drowned as he swimming across a lake while carrying a rope used to pull the cable for the installation of distribution's tower	Drowned	1) No safe work procedures 2) Not wearing PPE (safety jacket)
23-02-2015	Died due to burns	Electrical substations, Kuala Lumpur	Accident involving 3 persons with 2 has suffered burn injuries and another died. Incident occured as they want to perform rac in/out the substation's switch. Suddenly, there was a very strong arc spark and they got caught with it	3rd Degree Burns	Short circuit
17-02-2015	Died fell from a truck	Plantation, Sarawak	During the incident, victim was sitting on the bucket at the back of the moving truck. Truck driver ran the hole and caused the victim to fall down	serious injuries to the head	Unsafe act
16-02-2015	Died being hit by falling metal structure	Construction sites, Pulau Pinang	Iron structure slip and fell on the victim below as it was lifted at a height of 10 feet	Severe injuries to the head, body and legs.	Unsafe working procedure
12-02-2015	Died crushed by a container	Bus stops, Pulau Pinang	Victim was crushed by a container placed near the bus stop.	serious bodily injury	The loading works into the container was carried in public passage
08-02-2015	Struck by metal coil	On board ship, Pulau Pinang	The victim was crushed by metal coil as he was tying that metal coil	serious bodily injury
03-02-2015	Died being struck by compactor lorry	Main Road, Pahang	The accident occurred as a result of accident between a car and a compactor truck. The truck was overturned and crashed the victim	serious bodily injury
30-01-2015	Died by forklift accident	Material Storage, Pulau Pinang	Prior to the incident, alleged victim was driving a forklift. No witnesses at the scene. Victim was found lying on the ground with the forklift overturned	Bleeding in the head
30-12-2014	Died being caught in between machines	Scrap Yard, Pulau Pinang	The accident occurred as victim was assigned to inspect and maintain excavator magnet machine. As maintenance work is carried out, the victim made a jump start on grappler to turn on excavator engine. Suddenly the grappler spinning and pinned the victim between the grappler and excavator	Serious bodily injury
24-12-2014	Died been buried	Construction site, Selangor	The accident occurred during the floor concreting work where falsework used as a supporter. Two workers were buried as floor above them suddenly collapsed and fell onto them	Suffocation	Accidents are likely to occur due to the structure failure
22-12-2014	Died crushed by entrance arch	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	Victim with four co-workers were installing wood plate on the inside wall of the entrance arch structure for office building sales. As the piece of wood was being put in place, suddenly the structure of the gate began to tilt and collapsed onto victim	Serious bodily injuries
20-12-2014	Died due to mine cave-in	Mine, Pahang	A series of avalanche trapped victim who was mining prior to the incident	Bodily injury
20-12-2014	Died being run over by a lorry	Port, Pahang	Accident involving an employee who has been run over by a lorry while riding his motorcycle	Serious bodily injuries
18-12-2014	Died due to explosion of boiler	Factory, Sabah	Accident involving three workers were killed as a result of boiler explosion	Severe bodily injuries
09-12-2014	Died falling off the roof	Construction site, Johor	The victim and his two co-workers were performing roof replacement work. As he was on the roof, he stepped on broken down roof and fell down without a chance to wear a harness. The height between the ground and roof where victim was working approximately 10 meters	Severe head injuries
06-12-2014	Died due to electrocution	Construction site, Johor	The victim was died due to electrocution. He is believed was carrying welding work in confined space	Electric shock	No safe work procedure
01-12-2014	Died struck by falling beam	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	Incident occured during the workers were performing brick installation work and slab suddenly collapsed. Victim was struck by falling beam and was pronounced dead by the ambulans	Severe head injuries	Failure of structure to support extra load
25-11-2014	Died crushed by object	Construction Site, Kuala Lumpur	Prior to the incident, the victim and his colleagues were carrying the job of binding Reinforcement Steel Cage. Steel Reinforcement Cage was put on designated place prepared for binding. Victim tied the cage at the top by climbing up the cage. As he went down, the cage suddenly roll and caused the victim to fell down along with the cage.	Serious bodily injury	No safe work procedure Fail to provide risk assessments for activities perfomed
22-11-2014	Killed in mine explosion	Coal Mine, Sarawak	Three workers were died due to coal explosion
19-11-2014	Died being run over by Roller Compaction	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	Victim was died due to being struck by machinery that moves itself after being turned on . He is believed has fell and being run over as he attempts to stop that machine	Serious injury all over bodies
19-11-2014	Died crushed by object	Construction site, Johor	Alleged victims was assigned to move the Tunnel Form to another place. It is believed that victim has slipped and fell on the floor and caused the Tunnel Form fell above him	Serious injury all over bodies	No safe work procedure
18-11-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Johor	The victim fell from the roof as the roof installation works is being carried out	Serious bodily injury	No safe work procedure
17-11-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Sabah	Victim fell off the ground as he performing cable pulling job	Serious bodily injury	Fail to comply with safe operating procedure Communication system was not properly managed
17-11-2014	Died due to contact with hot water	Factory, Johor	The victim suffered 3rd degree burns from splash hot water gushes out of the steriliser as he opening the clutch door	3rd degree burns
14-11-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	The victim and his colleague were dismantling Shear Wall in Lift Shaft. Suddenly, working platform had collapsed and fell down along with the victims at a height of approximately 78 meters	Serious head injury and broken leg	The working platform was not properly support
12-11-2014	Died struck by lightning	School, Johor	Victim, a security guard was struck by lightning as he was walking to the school gate	Electrocution
08-11-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Johor	The accident involving a civilian who came to the construction site to find the job. Victim was found lying by the site personnel. Victim is believed to have fallen off the stairs	Bodily injury	Stairs was not equipped with handrails to prevent people falling
06-11-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Johor	During the incident, victims was carrying out works of opening aluminum formwork sets mounted on mechanical & engineering drain hole in the 13th floor. The victim had fallen through a hole at a height of 32 meters	Serious bodily injury	Safety harness was not hook at the place provided
05-11-2014	Died struck by lightning	Construction site, Johor	Victim, a flagman was struck by lightning while performing his job controlling the traffic. He was working in an open area	Electrocution	No lightning arrester near the open area
02-11-2014	Died being run over by forklift	Coldstorage, Selangor	The incident took place in the cold room while the loading and unloading works is in progress. The victim suddenly entering the room to move the box containing foods and at the same time forklift was moving backward after lifting the ?nestainer?. As a result, victim was struck by that moving forklift. He died on the scene	Serious injury to the head	Less supervision
01-11-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Johor	Prior to the incident, the victim was carrying mold installation works at the walls openings area. He fell on the ground as a result of stepping on the hollow section. The height between the working area and ground	Serious bodily injury	The victim did not wear harness while working at height during mold installation works
31-10-2014	Died due to burns	Palm Oil Mill, Johor	The victim who was assigned to perform work of replacing the bricks inside the boiler furnace. The accident occurred when the furnace collapsed and the hot ashes spread out and caught	Burns	No safe work procedure Lack of supervision from employer Failure of conducting risk assessment on the repair
24-10-2014	Died being crushed by pallet	Factory, Johor	The incident took place during the removal of the final product namely tubing wrapping plastic from stor into the container using forklift while being watched by the victim. At that time, it was said that wrapping plastic tubing which is on the pallet has slipped and fell on the victim	Internal injuries	No safe work procedure
17-10-2014	Died caught in a backhoe	Quarry, Perlis	Victim, a stone crusher backhoe?s driver was assigned to do work of breaking the stone on the hill. The accident occurred as the victim reversing his vehicle after the completion of his work. Victim who fell approximately 20 meters along with the backhoe was found trapped in the driver's seat	Serious bodily injury	No safe work procedure No supervision from the employer
16-10-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Johor	The victim was found lying on the floor as it was believed he fell down from the place where he carrying works of removing form work	Internal injuries	Fail to wear safety harness No supervision from the employer
08-10-2014	Died falling from height	Palm Oil Mill, Johor	Victim was assigned to repair the Gear Box at Incline Conveyor. He fell down as he stepped on rotten working platform	Serious injuries all over body	Failure to conduct access to workplace (working platform) risk assesment
07-10-2014	Died being struck by lorry	Plantation, Kedah	Victim, a lorry driver was killed after being run over by his vehicle. Prior to the incident, he parked the lorry on the steep road with intention to unchained the lorry	Serious injuries to the body
02-10-2014	Died crushed by tree	Logging camp, Sarawak	Victim and his colleague was assigned to cutting down trees. Victim cut a tree and as a result tree topple on another tree and caused that tree toppled over victim?s head	Serious injuries to the head
29-09-2014	Died being crushed by mobile crane?s boom	Construction site, Pahang	A mobile crane was carrying works of lifting a bundle of scaffolding as victim was working within the working radius. Due to excessive load, the crane overturned and toppled over victim	Serious injuries to the body	Failure to comply with safe work procedure Failure of the crane?s operator to read load chart Excessive load lifting (over load) Failure of the employer to ensure that the area is safe when lifting work carried out
23-09-2014	Died crushed by tree	Logging camp, Sarawak	Victim and his colleague was assigned to cutting down trees. Victim cut a tree and as a result tree topple on another tree and caused that tree toppled over victim?s head	Serious injuries to the head
20-09-2014	Died from falling into ravine	Logging camp, Sarawak	Victim, a lorry driver was found dead. He is believed died due to falling into the ravine with his lorry	Serious injuries all over body
15-09-2014	Died being hit by mobile crane	Construction site, Selangor	Victim, crane operator was lifting a pile of 'reinforced bar' to be locate at one place between two building blocks. As the lifting works is in progress, suddenly crane off balanced and overturned. Victim was crush by the crane as he tried to got out of the cabin	Serious head injuries	Fail to comply with mobile crane standard procedure for lifting works
13-09-2014	Died due to the exposure of hazardous chemical	Construction site, Johor	Victim was found unconscious after got out of the cabin. During the incident, he was carrying out the air-conditioner maintenance works	Died of Acute Pulmonary Disease	There is a chemical spill in cabin
13-09-2014	Died being struck by bricks	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	The victim has been struck by falling bricks from the lifting tray. At the time, a tower craned was used to lift the lifting tray at the height of 26 meters	Serious head injuries
13-09-2014	Died being struck by pallet	Construction site, Johor	The victim and his colleagues were removing the glass door from the truck into the factory , which is still under construction . As the work undergoing, suddenly pallet containing glass door fell from the truck and hit the victim	Serious head injuries
11-09-2014	Died being caught in a machine	Factory, Selangor	The incident occured as the victim was tagging the name on the product by using the designed machine. He died due to got caught between two arms of the machine	Serious injuries to the body	Fail to comply the safe work procedure in operating the machine
09-09-2014	Died being crushed by forklift	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	The unbalanced forklift driven by the victim has caused it to overturned and crush the victim	Severe bleeding in the head
08-09-2014	Died falling from 10 metre height	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	Victim was standing on plywood plate while carrying out plastering works. Suddenly, the place where he was standing has broken causing him to fall down	Severe bleeding in the head
02-09-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	Victim was assigned to carry out binding and plastering works. He is believed has slipped and fell on the First Lower Ground while doing his job	Serious injury all over body	Fail to comply with the safe work procedure wearing personal protective equipment (PPE)
19-08-2014	Died being hit by object and fell	Factory, Pulau Pinang	Victim fell down due to being hit by broken 'lifting lug' on the shaft. The incident took place during the preparation of lifting works using Overhead Travelling Crane (OTC)	Severe head injury
18-08-2014	Died being crushed by wood pallet	Factory, Sarawak	Victim, 8 years old children died being struck by wood pallet as he attempted to climb the wood pallet		Dispersed workplace
18-08-2014	Died being crushed by concrete structure	Construction site, Selangor	Three victims were crushed by falling concrete structure as they fell down along with the structure. Prior to the incident, they were performing installation works of that concrete structure	Serious injuries all over body	Fail to comply with the safe work procedure lack of supervision from the employer's side
15-08-2014	Died due to electrocution	Plantation, Sabah	He died being struck by eletricity as he was cutting the oil palm fruit	Burns on the right and left wrist and other part of the body	Aluminium pole struck the electrical line Fail to carried out risk assessment
13-08-2014	Died being struck by vehicle	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	Victim, a flagman was struck by vehicle while carrying his duty on the highway	Serious injury to the body	The vehicle was drive by drunken driver
09-08-2014	Died falling from height	Factory, Selangor	There is an explosion at the top of short fiber storage tank as a result of the welding process. The explosion caused the workers thrown and fell from a height of 8.5 meters	Serious head injury	The existence of flammable gaseous Failure to comply with the SOP of obtaining a work permit for confined space
09-08-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Sabah	The accident happened on the 16th floor as the victim is believed was slipped and fell into elevator pit	Serious injuries all over body	Life line to hook safety harness were not installed The slovenly condition at the workplace
02-08-2014	Died due to electrocution	Private gardens, Johor	Victim is believed carrying works of knitting the oil palm fruits using his aluminium poles. He?s been electrocuted when his poles got stuck in the transformer	Electric shock
26-07-2014	Died being crushed by Mechanical Buffalo @ badang	Plantation, Johor	Victim was driving mechanical buffalo loaded with oil palm fruit along the steep road about 15 degree slope. That vehicle suddenly overturned and crash the driver
23-07-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Kedah	Victim fell from level 2 after being hit by hook and block due to broken fly jib of mobile crane	Serious injuries in the mouth, nose, hands and head	Mobile cranes poorly maintained No safe work procedure for lifting works
23-07-2014	Died being hit by Concrete Bold	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	The victim was crushed by concrete wall as he was carrying wall hacking works	Serious head injuries	Fail to conduct risk assessment for hacking works The employer has failed to fully exercise supervision over the workers.
21-07-2014	Died stung by wasps	Plantation, Johor	A worker has been stung by wasps while	Stung by wasps
21-07-2014	Died being caught in a Goods Lift	Mini Market, Perak	Victim's head was caught between Frame Cage and Landing Door	Serious injuries to the head	Design of the lift does not meet the minimum safety standard
18-07-2014	Died being hit by Machine Tractor Hammer structure	Construction site, Perak	The victim was struck by the structure as he was dismantling the top structure of the modified Hammer Machine Tractor	Serious injuries to the head	No safe work procedure for dismantling the machinery Lack of supervision
14-07-2014	Died falling from height	Power Plant, Johor	Victim is believed to have fallen while trying to access to higher level by climbing the scaffolding	Broken left arm and fractured ribs	No safe work procedure
13-07-2014	Died being pinned by tractor	Plantation, Johor	The incident took place as victim hit the divider with his tractor. The collision caused the tractor overturned and crash the driver	Severe head injury
11-07-2014	Died from being run over by a lorry	Plantation, Sarawak	Victim, a lorry driver died being run over by a lorry. The incident occured when he was driving downhill in the lorry when suddenly the brakes malfunctioned. He jumped out of the lorry but was instead run over by the lorry	Severe chest injury
10-07-2014	Died being run over by trailer	Plantation, Johor	Victim was standing on the drawbar trailer towed by a tractor. He is believed to have fallen and being run over by trailer	Waist injury	Unsafe act
07-07-2014	Died crushed by backhoe	Construction site, Kedah	Backhoe was overturned and fell on the victim as it was lifting the drain block	Serious head injuries	No safe work procedures
04-07-2014	Died from falling into the tank	Construction site, Sarawak	2 workers has fallen into the opening tank that filled with water. They were doing works of gantry pipe installation and welding	Drowning	Floor opening
03-07-2014	Died due to drowning	Hotel, Sabah	A child who was not being accompanied by his guardian found dead at the bottom of the pool	Drowning	Negligence The absence of life guard at the scene
03-07-2014	Died being pinned by steamroller	Construction site, Perak	Victim was carrying road leveling work using steamroller. Suddenly he lost control of the steamroller caused the vehicle fell into the canal and crashed him	Severe injuries to the bodies	No safe work procedure
03-07-2014	Died being crushed by truck	Plantation, Sabah	Truck was driving uphill during the incident as it suddenly lost control and overturned. Truck crash the victim as she was flung from the truck. During the incident, she was seated at the back of the truck	Severe injuries to the bodies	Truck was not properly well maintain Truck used was not suitable for transporting workers
27-06-2014	Three died due to concrete wall collapsed	Construction site, Johor	Three workers died after being struck by concrete wall collapsed as they were carrying works of trench excavation		No safe work procedure
26-06-2014	Died being pinned by forklift	Rice Milling, Perak	Forklift overturned and crash the driver while carrying work of lifting and placing jumbo bag	Broken hip bone	-No safe work procedure -Victim has never undergone intensive training regarding to forklift handling
26-06-2014	Died being buried	Construction site, Johor	The trench wall collapsed and buried the victim. Prior to the incident, he was doing works of trench excavation		No safe work procedure
24-06-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	Victim was assigned to sweep garbage at every floor. He is believed to have fallen from a high place and was found lying on the balcony at level 4	Severe head injury	No safe work procedure
22-06-2014	Died struck by backhoe	Plantation, Pahang	Victim, a mechanic was carrying maintenance works on backhoe. The backhoe was lifted using a ' jack '. Backhoe has fallen and struck the victim due to instability position of the bakhoe		Backhoe was not in stable position
14-06-2014	Died due to drowning	Duck Breeding Farm, Perak	Victim, a tractor driver was carrying land leveling works before he and his tractor fell into the lake	Drowning	Fail to conduct risk assessment
09-06-2014	Died struck by tree	Logging, Sabah	Victim was struck by tree during forest clearing work	Serious injuries all over body	Knowledge employers about OSH are at a minimum level
06-06-2014	Died due to fall from roof	Construction site, Kedah	Prior to the incident, victim was installing roof trusses with his colleague. He is believed had fallen from the roof at a height of approximately 18 feet from the ground		-No safe work procedure -No supervision by the employer
02-06-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Johor	Victim was carrying out work of upgrading grill on a balcony at level 4. He is believed to have fallen along with the iron gril that he was welding.		-Unsafe act for not wearing safety harness when working at height -No safe work procedure
28-05-2014	Died by insecticide poisoning	Plantation, Perak	Victim was diagnosed with organophosphorus as he finished doing the activities involving handling of the insecticide	Exposed to hazardous chemicals	Lack of supervision of workers to ensure them clean up after handling any hazardous chemicals
28-05-2014	Died due to drowning	Dock, Perak	The vehicle skidded and fell into the sea while trying to make a 'U' turn	Drowning	Incompetent driver
26-05-2014	Death by electric shock	Shopping complex, Kuala Lumpur	The victim was electrocuted as he was doing maintenance work	Electrocution	Unsafe working condition
25-05-2014	Died being hit by shovel	Factory, Johor	The victim was hit by shovel as it move backwards		1)The driver has no training records on driving the shovel 2)Shovel is not equipped with reverse alarm sound
22-05-2014	Died crushed by forklift	Factory, Kuala Lumpur	Forklift overturned and fell on top of the victim.	Serious injuries to the head	Victim is not qualified to operate the forklift
19-05-2014	Died faling from height	Residential area, Kuala Lumpur	8 years old boy was found dead on the floor. He is believed died due to falling from 15th floor	Serious head injuries	Victim has entered the scene without permission and there are elements of negligence on the part of contractor and authorities to ensure barrier on the roof is closed as it has been opened for site visit
19-05-2014	Died falling from 6th floor	Construction site, Johor	Victim was patching potholes on the wall. During the incident, he was standing on the scaffolds with walls opening	Severe injuries to the bodies	-Not wearing safety harness when working at height -Railing is not installed on the scaffold to prevent fall
16-05-2014	Death by electric shock	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	The victim was electrocuted as he was testing the circuit	Electrocution
05-05-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Johor	A pile of iron rod tube that has being lifted by a crane has hit the victim causing him to fell approximately 9 meters	Suffered severe head injuries and internal bleeding	-No safe work procedure for lifting work -incompetent signalman
05-05-2014	Died struck by lightning	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur.	The victim was killed by lightning as he was pouring the concrete		The victim was working in the open and no lightning detector at the scene
04-05-2014	Died was buried under by concrete collapse	Construction site, Johor	Victim was concreting the floor as support structure for formwork fell onto him	Serious injuries to the body	Fails to provide PE Design for a floor support structure
22-04-2014	Died falling from height	Tapak Bina Tropicana Danga Bay	A general worker fell down from 26th floor as he was performing floor tiles installation	Serious injury to the body	Lack of supervisory
21-04-2014	Died being struck by rubber wood from the truck	Factory, Perak	A lorry driver died being hit by rubber wood as he trying to untie the knot	Severe head injury	The composition of the wood was above the height of the bar (retaining) on lorry
17-04-2014	Died caught between two brick trucks	Factory, Perak	The victim went into two moving brick trucks and was caught between them	Serious injury to the hip
17-04-2014	Died being hit by lorry	Plantation, Johor	The victim was driving up the steep road using the truck. The truck hit the divider and overturned. His head was struck by truck.	Serious injury to the head
13-04-2014	Died struck by circular concrete	Warehouse, Perak	Victim, aged 10, was playing in the concrete tube while the concrete was being rolled by his/her friend. The concrete tube was said to have slipped and fell, crushing the victim's head	Serious head injury	Warehouse does not have a fence / barrier to prevent the public from entering the premises
11-04-2014	Died due to drowning	Construction site, Perak	Victims carry out land clearing work using bulldozer. He is believed drowned after falling into the mine along with bulldozer.	Drowned	Rain over the last few days may weaken the structure of the ground.
08-04-2014	Died being crushed by concrete gate	Construction site, Pahang	Victim was struck by falling concrete gate due being hit by a lorry	Serious bodily injury
02-04-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Pulau Pinang	The victim fell from a height of 15 meters as he was nailing wood	Severe head injury	1) Unsafe working condition 2) Negligence of safety measure
17-03-2014	Fatal accident involving Express Bus	Expressway, Perak	An accident involving express bus has occured at 301.5 KM north-south expressway. The driver was killed while 2 passengers were injured.		Road slippery due to rainy day The slopes and winding road
10-03-2014	Died falling into depth	Plantation - Johor	The driver fell into the ravine as he was reversing the tractor. The driver was found pinned between the steering and tractor body.	Injury to the chest	No warning signs at intersections No records of training given to the driver
03-03-2014	Died falling from height	Factory � Johor	The victim had fallen down as the floor he stepped on broke.	Serious injury to the head	Worn and fragile floor
24-02-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Kuala Lumpur	The victim fell down the void area while performing the installation of the working platform on scaffolding		No safe work procedure
12-02-2014	Death pinned by tractor	Plantation, Johor	Victim�s body had been run over by a tire as he slipped down the tractor he was driving.	Injuries to the chest.
11-02-2014	Died caught in an tractor	Plantation, Johor	The victim was died being crushed by tractor on his way down to collect palm fruits.	Serious injury to the neck	Steep road conditions
08-02-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Johor	Victim fell to the ground as he was dismantling the scaffolding	None specified	Fail to perform risk analysis on the scaffold dismantling procedure
19-01-2014	Fatal accident involving Express Bus	Expressway, Johor	An accident involving express bus has occurred at 107.2KM North-South Expressway. 3 passengers were killed in this accident.	-	The company failed to provide safe driving procedures.
17-01-2014	Falling into the oil reservoir	Kilang, Johor	Victim slipped and fell into the reservoir containing hot water and oil.	second degree burns	Access to the workplace is unsafe and not properly maintained
05-01-2014	Died falling from height	Construction site, Johor	As the victim installing the wall cladding to the building structure, he fell from a height of 12-18 metres.	Serious injury to the head	Inappropriate usage of PPE.
31-12-2013	Died falling from height	Construction Site - Johor	Victim fell from a high place while performing his duty of installing the roof of a hall.	Serious head injury	Failure to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Unsafe workplace
17-12-2013	Died pinned by containers	Port - Pulau Pinang	Accident involving a local worker who was caught between two containers while inspecting the seal number of a container.	Serious head injury	Failure to practice safe work procedures
13-12-2013	Died due to drowning	Factory - Pahang	Victim fell into a pond as he was collecting water samples for laboratory work.	Drowning	No safe work procedure Inadequate supervision as the task of collecting samples was new to the victim and he started doing this for only a few days.
12-12-2013	Died crushed by collapsing wall	Construction Site - Johor	Incident occured during housekeeping works when suddenly a wall collapsed and crash onto the victim.	Whole body injury	Brickwork of the wall was not properly done
05-12-2013	Died caught between objects	Plantation - Johor	Victim was found pinned between a truck's body and head. At the time, he was doing repair works on the truck.	Broken hips / legs	Unsafe act Truck was not maintaned on a regular basis Truck was not maintaned on a regular
02-12-2013	Death due to electrocution	Construction Site - Sarawak	Victim was electrocuted while doing service line installation from a house to a utility pole.	Electrocution	Failed to do hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control over the work to be done.
23-11-2013	Died being hit by tractor	Plantation - Johor	During incident, the victim who was driving a tractor came down a steep and sharp corner. He lost control of the tractor and as a result, the tractor overturned and crash onto him.	Struck by tractor	Poor road conditions which does not meet specifications
18-11-2013	Died struck by aluminium formwork	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	A 7 kg aluminium plate struck onto the victim's head. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.	Serious injury to the head
12-11-2013	Died falling from height	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	Victim is believed to have lost balance while boarding a hanging platform. A sudden slight movement to the platform caused the victim to slip and fell down.	Serious injuries all over body	No safe work procedures
07-11-2013	Died being crushed by mirrors	Kedai cermin - Johor	Accident occured in which the victim was crushed by 100 pieces of mirrors weighing 2 tonnes while unloading them.	Serious injuries all over body
07-11-2013	Died falling from height	Plantation - Johor	The victim, who was standing on a wagon pulled by a tractor, fell down to the ground. At that time, the tractor made turn and the victim lost balance causing the fall.	Broken neck	Failure to perform risk assessment on the wagon used
30-10-2013	Killed by moving truck	Construction Site - Johor	Initial investigations revealed that the victim was likely hit by a truck without being noticed by the truck driver. Rain in the morning and afternoon caused slippery and muddy soil conditions that may result in the victim slipping and fell towards the moving truck.	Serious injury all over body
28-10-2013	Died caught between roller conveyer	Factory - Sarawak	Victim was instructed by supervisor to change the position of an uneven conveyor belt with an adjustable spanner at the conveyor roller adjuster. The batching plant is in operation when this activity was undertaken. The victim tried to clean out stones under the conveyor roller using an air hose. Suddenly the victim's head hit the top of the conveyor belt while the air hose was caught by the roller causing the victim to be pulled by the air hose and eventually he was pinched.	Serious injuries to head and left arm	Employer failed to provide a safe working system for work involving adjusting the conveyor floor for batching plant.
22-10-2013	Died due to electric shock	Construction Site - Johor	Victim was allegedly electrocuted while cleaning the pipeline of new installed air conditioner.	Electrocution	Work premises seems watery and through observation it was found that severe electrical wiring was not properly maintained and fully inspected by a competent person.
13-10-2013	Died due to severe burns	Factory - Johor	Accident happened due to the problem of a "top valve" pad of column 3 in L2 section where the valve could not be closed. The victim went alone to L2 area. Afterwards the victim suddenly ran back to the control room and fell down before reaching the control room. The victim is believed to had opened the wrong valve.	Severe burns	Accident happened due to the victim opening the wrong valve.
10-10-2013	Died hit by lorry	Road construction area - Johor	A contractor died after being hit by a lorry	Injury to limbs and head	Accident occured due to a lorry entering the emergency lane and hitting the worker while the worker was placing trafic cones on the road.
06-10-2013	Died falling from scaffolds	Factory - Kedah	Victims was a sub-contractor employees was doing welding work on a warehouse door. The door fell onto the scaffold and caused victim who was on the scaffold to fall down about 10 feet to the ground.	Serious injury to the head	No safe work procedure for working at height
08-09-2013	Died due to fire	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	A fire incident took place inside a building under construction. The victim who working inside the area was found dead.	Suffocation from smoke
27-07-2013	Death due to structural collapse	Car Wash - Johor	Concrete wall of a building next to the car wash collapsed and struck the victim.	Died struck by falling object
17-07-2013	Died due to caught in the lift	Residential Flats - Kuala Lumpur	Incident occured when the lift suddenly stopped between floor 2 and floor 3. Victim climbed out of the lift when suddenly the lift started moving downwards and caused the victim's head to be caught between the "header car door" and "door hanger landing". He died at the scene.	The victim's head was caught between objects	Lift was not functioning normally
17-07-2013	Died being hit by object	Construction Site - Johor	The victim is believed to be lifting a pipe using a tractor at the time of the incident. He was trying to loose the chain once the pipe was laid on the ground, then suddenly the bucket at the back of the tractor alighted and hit the victim's head.	Serious injuries to the head
22-06-2013	Worker electrocuted to death	Convention Centre	The victim may have suffered electrocution while cutting a cable running with electrical current causing the victims left hand to be stuck to the cable.	Electrocution
20-06-2013	Died after right hand was cut off in Conveyor Belt	Factory - Johor	The incident occured when the victim was cleaning wood chips at a conveyor belt. The victim was too close to the conveyor, resulting the shirt worn being pulled in by the conveyor belt. This caused the victim's right hand to be cut off.	Death due to loss of blood	The employer failed to ensure safe and working procedures, especially at the Refinery Chipper Log Yard section.
11-06-2013	Killed being thrown from tractor seat	Plantation - Johor	The victim was thrown away from a tractor's seat while driving down a steep path.		Incompetent driver
10-06-2013	Died caught between objects	Factory - Kedah	Victim who is a foreign worker was pinned between a gantry crane motor and a pile of iron. The crane operator didn't realize the victim was there at the time of incident.	Caught between moving and stationary objects	No safe work procedure
09-06-2013	Died falling for height	Construction Site - Johor	The victim is believed to have died after falling from a height of about 10.80 meters from the floor level. At the time, the victim was undertaking cleaning works at a reserve water tank.	Severe body injuries due to falling from height.	No supervision for working at height
05-06-2013	Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Coping	Construction Site - Johor	A building structure collapsed while two workers were opening the mold of RC Coping while their position was exactly above the structure. As a result, the two workers fall down to the ground. One of them suffered minor injuries while another was killed after the structure collapsed on him.	Struck by falling objects	Failure of structure
27-05-2013	Died caught in a crane cabin	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	The incident took place when the victim who worked as a crane operator was trying to lift a 7 tonne Vibrohammer using a crawler crane. Suddenly the crane overturned and trapped the operator inside the crane cabin.	Caught in the crane cabin	Lifting excessive load
08-04-2013	Died in car accident	Plantation - Johor	The victim was on his way to conduct pesticide spraying when he was hit by a four wheel drive.	Struck by moving objects
04-04-2013	Died due to electrocution	Residential Area - Johor	Victim was found dead due to electrocution. Victim is believed to be in the middle of checking the condition of lights which were malfunctioned.	Electrocution	The employer failed to ensure electrical leakage currents that caused shock to the employee as well as the failure of the employee to ensure the exact cause of the lights' failure.
02-04-2013	Sky Lift overturned while doing roof repairing works	Residential Flats - Kuala Lumpur	Victim caught in the cage after the sky lift overturned.	Caught in between object
25-03-2013	Died after inhaling toxic gas	Plant - Negeri Sembilan	2 victims died after inhaling toxic gas while transfering schedule wastes into the storage.	Inhalation of toxic gas	Inappropriate usage of PPE
25-03-2013	Died due to suffocation	Factory - Pulau Pinang	An explosion and fire broke out at a factory. During the time, the victim was working inside and he failed to escape. He is believed died due to suffocation.	Suffocation
20-03-2013	Died hit by car	Road Shoulder - Johor	Two workers died after being hit by a vehicle. Atthe time they were on the road shoulder fixing their lawnmower	Serious bodily injury	No safe work procedure for the activities near roads
14-03-2013	Died being buried	Construction Site - Johor	Victim died due to suffocation when he accidentally fell into a ditch which the victim himself digged and the surrounding earth afterwards fell into the ditch burying the victim.	Suffocation	Unsafe working area
14-03-2013	Died falling from height	Construction Site - Pulau Pinang	Victim fell off from the 24th floor while performing the installation of a curtain wall.	Injury to the head and body	No safe work procedure
14-03-2013	Died struck by moving object	Railway - Kuala Lumpur	Victim was carrying out visual inspection on arailway when train suddenly came and hit him. He died at the scene.	Injury to the body	Noncompliance with the existing Safe Operating Procedure
17-12-2012	Died falling from height	Construction Site - Pahang	Victim fell from a height of 15 meters while coming down a roof. At the time of incident, victim was replacing the roof of a building.	Serious injury to the head and body	No safe work procedure
06-12-2012	Killed being crushed by mechanical buffalo	Factory - Johor	Victim died at the scene due to being crushed by an overturned mechanical buffalo after it hit a rock.	Serious injury to the chest	Lack of skill in driving machinery
03-10-2012	Killed in an electrocution accident	Factory - Johor	Victim is believed to have died of electrocution while performing cutting of steel structure works.	Injury to the arm and waist	No safe work procedure and supervision
02-10-2012	Died falling from heights	Construction Site - Johor	Victim fell off the 4th floor of a building where he was working. He complained of headache before the incident. He is reported to have died in hospital.	Serious injuries to body	No safe work procedure
29-07-2012	Died falling from heights	Construction Site - Kedah	At the time of incident, victim was working on a scaffold when he fell from height of 12 feet. He was taken to the hospital for treatment and pronounced dead afterwards.	Serious bodily injury	No safe work procedure
23-07-2012	Died falling from height	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	During the incident, the victim was carrying out works on a 'working platform' to install the 'lift core wall' in a lift pit. Suddenly the working platform collapsed causing the victim to fall down. The seriously injured victim was brought to the hospital for treatment and was confirmed to have died the following day.	Serious injuries to waist and legs
19-07-2012	Died after crushed by lorry	Plantation - Pahang	The incident which happenes at 8.30 am involved a foreign worker who died after being crushed by a lorry filled with fertizilers.	Serious injuries to the body	No supervision of workers
03-07-2012	Died being pinned	Construction Site - Pahang	The incident involved a foreign worker who died being pinned in cabin after a crawler crane fell over while lifting a load.	Serious injuries to the head	No safe working procedure for lifting works were provided as well as the weight of the lifted load exceeded the permitted limit.
28-06-2012	Died crushed by tractor	Plantation - Perlis	Victim who is foreigner died after falling from and hit by a tractor. Victim was standing on the connection between the tractor and water tank.	Serious injuries to the head	No safe work procedure.
20-06-2012	Died falling from heights	Factory - Johor	The victim fell from a height of 5 metres while repairing floodlights in the workplace. The victim was taken to the hospital and was confirmed dead a day later.	Serious injuries to the head	Work was performed without supervison. A life line that should be attached to the safety harness was not prepared.
16-06-2012	Died falling into water	Petroleum Terminal - Johor	The victim, a Malaysian citizen, fell into water and died. During the incident, the victim was on board a barge.	Drowning	Failure in monitoring of employee
14-05-2012	Died falling from height	Factory - Johor	The victim, a Malaysian citizen, died after falling from a height of 3 metres. A steel pipe which was lifted by a mobile crane struck the victim causing the victim to fall. The victim died at the hospital after 2 days of being unconscious.	Hit to the head by object after falling down	1) No safe work procedure 2) Employer failed to prepare a safe working place 3) Employee were not given appropiate personal protective equipments
26-04-2012	Died struck by falling object	Factory - Kuala Lumpur	The victim, a foreign citizen, died after jack rods fell onto the victim while carrying out works of arranging the jack rods.	Suffocation	The accident happened after the fencing could not withstand the load of thousands of arranged jack rods.
22-04-2012	Died falling from height	Shop - Perlis	The victim died after falling from a ladder while carrying out works of bringing down an advertising sign of a shop.	Bump on head after falling down
22-04-2012	Death by suffocation	Construction Site - Johor	During the incident, the victim was carrying out piling works. Suddenly, the piling machine collapsed and the victim who was in the piling machine cabin could not escape as the cabin sinked into soft earth.	Suffocation	No safe work procedures for piling works
22-04-2012	Death after being stung by wasps	Plantation - Johor	The victim died after being stung by wasps while patroling the plantation. The victim died at the scene.	Wasp sting
03-04-2012	Died falling from height	Construction Site - Johor	The victim, a foreign citizen, fell from a height of 16 metres while carrying out works of dismantling aluminium formworks. The victim suffered internal bleedings and died on the way to the hospital.	Fall from height
19-03-2012	Died falling from height	Construction Site - Perlis	The victim, a foreign worker, fell from a mobile scaffold as he was doing wiring works. The victim died in the hospital.	Fall from height
12-03-2012	Died struck by falling object	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	The victim, a foreign citizen, died after being struck by falling aluminium sheets. The victim suffered serious injuries to the head and was confirmed dead by the hospital after 2 days of treatment.	Struck by fallling object	No practical control measures for works at height
29-02-2012	Died after being buried	Construction Site - Kedah	The victim during the incident climbed down into a newly dug hole to carry out works of installing sewage pipelines when suddenly the land and rocks buried the victim up to the chest. The victim was brought to the hospital and confirmed to have died due to internal injuries.	Buried	No safe work procedures
17-02-2012	Died due to drowning	Sg. Tiram - Johor	During the incident, the victim together with another colleague was repairing a sand processing machine on a platform located in the middle of the river. The victim usually crosses the river through a pipeline from the platform to the river banks. While crossing the river, the victim fell into the river and could not be saved.	Drowning	No practice of safe work procedures
14-02-2012	Died after falling from height	Construction Site - Kedah	The victim, a foreign national, was killed after falling from a lift entrance opening. At the time, the victim was working on the second floor. The victim's body was found in the lift pit.	Fall from height	The lift entrance opening was not covered properly
11-02-2012	Died after falling from height	Residential Area - Johor	The victim, a Malaysian citizen, died after falling from a height of approximately 3.5 metres. A ladder which the victim was climbing slid down and fell to the floor, bringing the victim down with it. The victim died 3 days later in the hospital due to internal bleeding in the brain.	Fall from height	Weak system of supervising and monitoring workers
03-02-2012	Killed after hit by lorry	Construction Site - Pahang	The victim died after being hit by a lorry that was reversing suddenly. At that time, the victim was situated direcly behind the lorry.	Struck by object	No safe work procedures
15-01-2012	Killed after struck by falling iron rods	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	The incident happened at around 2.30 pm when the victim was walking towards his work location. Without realizing it, suddenly an iron rod fell down striking the victim. He suffered serious injuries to the head and died at the scene.	Struck by object	Working conditions that are not sufficiently safe
06-01-2012	Death by Drowning	Jetty Terminal - Johor	At approximately 11 am, an engineer died while diving as he was doing installation works of a catodic protection on a jetty structure. The victim was given CPR but failed to be rescued.	Drowning	No safe work procedures
29-12-2011	Died after getting caught between objects	Factory - Johor	The incident happened at approximately 4.45 pm when the victim died after getting caught between the loading bay and the rear part of a trailer.	Caught between objects	No safe work procedures for operating trailer at the loading and unloading bay area.
28-12-2011	Killed in an electrocution accident	Factory - Sarawak	The victim, a foreign national, died of electrocution while doing inspection works of a water pump near a factory. The victim was given emergency medical assistance but died before arriving at the hospital.	Electrocution	No safe work procedures for electrical works
21-12-2011	Died due to falling from heights	Quarrying Site - Johor	The incident happened at approximately around 1.00 pm, involving the victim who was at the time doing drilling works for installing explosives. A landslide occured causing the victim to fall with the landslide from a height of 100 ft. The victim's death was confirmed on the way to the hospital.	Fall from height	Failure to conduct risk assessment pertaining to drilling works
07-12-2011	Died after falling from tree	Resort Area - Kedah	The victim who works as a coconut tree climber, coconut picker and leaf cutter died when he fell from a coconut tree at 9 metres high. The victim was unconscious and admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). He was confirmed to have died the next day.	Fall from height	No safe work procedures
02-12-2011	Died after being hit by lorry	Construction Site - Pulau Pinang	During the incident, the victim was carrying out traffic controlling works at a road repairing site (for repairing pavements). While arranging safety cones by the road, he was hit by a reversing lorry. The victim suffered serious injuries and was confirmed dead at the scene.	Struck by object	No safe work procedures
01-12-2011	Killed after being hit by car	Construction Site - Pulau Pinang	During the incident, the victim, a construction worker was doing road cutting works for installation of new traffic lights. Suddenly a car, believed to be driven fast, came from behind and hit the victim. The victim was thrown as far as 30 metres and died at the scene.	Struck by object	No safe work procedures
28-11-2011	Died by electrocution	Pencawang Pengagih Utama - Johor	At around 4.30 pm, the two victims were carrying out installation works of a copper bar onto a wall for a new grounding system. Both of the victims were electrocuted; one of them died while the other suffered injuries to the lower part of the body.	Electrocution	No safe work procedures
25-11-2011	Killed by falling dead tree branch	Logging Area - Kedah	At around 3.30 pm, the victim, a logger died after a dead tree branch fell onto him while he carrying out logging works.	Serious injuries to the body after being hit by a falling object	No safe work procedures
22-11-2011	Died struck by falling steel I-Beam	Factory - Pahang	At approximately 2.35 pm, a foreign citizen was struck by a steel I-beam while he was transferring the steel onto a lorry. The victim who suffered serious injuries to the head died at the scene. He was then brought to Tengku Ampuan Hafzan Hospital for further investigation.	Serious injuries to the head due to being hit by object	No comprehensive safe work procedures for works of lifting and lowering using overhead travelling cranes.
31-10-2011	Died after falling into sludge holding tank	Sewage Treatment Plant - Perlis	At approximately 6.45pm, the 4 year old victim died when he fell into a sludge holding tank of a sewage treatment plant. The victim is believed to have sneaked into the plant through the drainage underneath the front gate.	Fall into the a sludge holding tank.	The opening of the sludge holding tank was not closed properly.
21-10-2011	Died after vehicle plunges into river	Construction Site - Sarawak	The victim drove a bulldozer through a 40-feet wide road which has a height of 200 metres and 80-degree slope. He is said to have wanted to overtake an excavator but failed. Hence, the victim reversed the bulldozer but it then plunged straight into a river. He was found dead at the scene.	Plunged into a river	No safe work procedures
14-10-2011	Death due to electrocution	Residential Area - Kuala Lumpur	The victim, a 28-year old local citizen died due to electrocution while installing Unifi cables from a Distribution Board (DB) situated on a telephone pole to a customer's house. The victim was later taken to Selayang Hospital for further actions.	The victim touched a Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) electric cable.	No safe work procedures
04-10-2011	Died crushed by tower crane	Construction Site - Pulau Pinang	The victim, a civilian, was crushed to death by a tower crane. The victim who was sleeping at the time died at the scene when the crane in a free standing condition suddenly collapsed onto the shop house inhabited by the victim	Crushed by a tower crane	Failure in the crane's foundation
25-09-2011	Died crushed by container	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	The victim, a foreign worker, was crushed by a container as it was lowered down by a mobile crane. The victim died at the scene and was taken to HUKM for further investigations.	Crushed by object	The crane operator did not realize that the victim was underneath the container. No safe work procedures
12-09-2011	Dies after falling off roof	Factory - Johor	During the incident, the victim together with two other workers were installing air conditioning pipes on a roof of a factory building. The victim fell down due to stepping onto a broken roof. He suffered serious injuries and died in the hospital on the same day.	Fall from height	No safe work procedure Employers failed to provide training and supervision for works at heights
26-08-2011	Died crushed by iron pipes	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	The incident happened at around 10.15 am at a project site in Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur. It happened on the 50th floor when the victim, a foreign national, was descending iron pipes using a winch. Suddenly, the wire rope of the winch fell off its drum hence the iron pipes crushed the victim who was nearby. The victim suffered serious injuries to the hands as well as a spinal fracture. He was sent to Kuala Lumpur Hospital for treatment, but his death was confirmed by 6.00pm.	Crushed by object	The wire rope fell off the drum causing the iron pipes to fall onto the victim. Proper maintenance has not been carried out onto the winch. No safe work procedures
08-08-2011	Death due to electrocution	Factory - Pontian, Johor	The victim is a 25-year old local citizen who works as a welder with 2 years of experience. On the day of the incident, the victim was instructed by his supervisor to carry out cleaning works in the Plo work area. According to witnesses, the victim was found lying on his left side with both of his feet on the "welding bad". He was unconscious and his head was bleeding. There was a portable socket and a 3-pin plug underneath his body. The victim was rushed to Pontian Hospital and but his death was confirmed before he could get any treatment.	Electrocution	The victim's death is due to electrocution from the portable socket that was found underneath his body. No proper maintenance done to the electric wires. No safe work procedure.
06-08-2011	Died crushed by water tank	Ladang - Johor	The victim, a foreign worker, was crushed to death by a water tank sliding from a tractor. The victim was on his way home after he finished poisoning weeds in a oil palm estate.	Crushed by object	The water tank slipped through the holder of the tractor crushing the victim. No inspections and maintenances were done on the vehicle before works were carried out.
31-07-2011	Pinched by body of truck	Workshop - Pahang	During the incident, the victim, assisted by his colleague, was repairing a truck that had damaged its jack system. The jack was fully raised and the truck body was held by a metal barrier that was found on the truck body. As the repair works were being carried out, the victim was sitting on the long shaft but suddenly the truck body fell rapidly onto the victim. The victim, caught between the jack and the truck body died on the spot. The victim died due to serious bleeding after receiving a strong blow on the head.	Pinched	Died as a result of a strong blow to the head. No safe work procedures. The victim did not have the qualification or specific skills relating to machinery repairs.
28-07-2011	Died by being crushed by falling object	Construction Site -Kuala Lumpur	The incident occurred approximately at 2:20 pm when a crane operator was lifting a Concrete Pile Head to put onto a trailer. As the victim was arranging the Concrete Pile Head that was lifted onto the trailer using a Crawler Crane and was suspended to the Main Block (Big Block), suddenly the Single Line Block (Small Block) fell down onto the victim's head. The victim's helmet broke and he died at the scene.	Crushed by falling object	The Single Line Block (Small Block) fell onto the victim's head. No safe work procedures
04-07-2011	Died from falling off an escalator	Government Agency - Putrajaya	The incident occurred at about 5.00 pm when the victim, 3, along with his youngest brother were playing near a barrier at level 2 alongside an escalator that goes down to level 1. At the same time, the victim's parents were at Level 2 near the scene of the incident. The victim is believed to have stood on the skirt pane on the outside part, and at the same time his hand was placed on the handrail that was moving downwards. As a result the victim lost his balanced and fell to the ground floor through the spacing (hole) located between the barrier and the "return glass" of the escalator at a height of 12 meters. The victim suffered severe injuries to his head and was sent to Putrajaya Hospital on the day of the incident for further treatment before being sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL), due to the increasingly critical situation. The death of the victim was confirmed at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital on 6th July 2011 at around 1.30 pm.	Fall from height	The victim who was at the skirt pane lost his balance and fell from level 2 to the ground floor. No monitoring.
02-06-2011	Died of falling from height	Construction Site - Perlis	On 02/06/2011 at about 11.00 am, the victim with one of his friends was cutting tree branches using a chainsaw while being carried in a man basket lifted by a crane. While working at a height of 21 metres, the victim suddenly fell down along with the man basket to the ground. The victim who suffered serious injuries to the head and body was rushed to the hospital. He died shortly after being admitted to Intensive Care Unit, Sultanah Bahiyah Alor Setar, Kedah at approximately 10.30 am 03/06/2011.	Fall from height	Victim fell down to the ground along with the man-basket. Crane is not well maintained and inspected before been used.
31-05-2011	Died rolled over by logging machine	Factory	On the day of accident, the victim who worked as a machine logger driver was moving the logs that has been measured and cut into different sizes from 'log cutting' division to 'log peeling (rotary)' division. The victim during that time was working night shift started from 7.00 pm until 7.00 am. Around 7.15 pm, one of the workers noted that the machine logger was spinning 360 anticlockwise with the absence of a driver. The witness waited for the machine logger to stop spinning so that he can aboard the machine logger. Afterwards, the witness found the victim lying on his side on the ground. Victim is believed died rolled over by the front tyres of the machine logger. Victim was sent to Hospital Miri afterwards.	Rolled over	Driver fell down to the ground and was rolled over. No safe work procedures regarding to machine logger driving.
23-05-2011	Death due to being crushed by 'luffing boom'	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	The two victims, one a permenant resident and another a foreign national, died due to being crushed by a luffing boom (of a tower crane) that fell down unexpectedly. During the incident both victims were situated under the crane. Both of them died at the scene due to severe head injury.	Crushed by object	The luffing boom suddenly fell on top of the two victims that were situated directly under the crane. No safe work procedures.
17-04-2011	Death due to landslide	Plantation - Kelantan	The victim, 75, a Malaysian citizen, died when he was buried alive by a landslide. During the incident the victim was doing repairs due to a landslide in a plantation alone. Suddenly the victim was crushed by another landslide. The victim died at the scene.	Buried alive	The victim was trying to do repairs caused by a landslide when suddenly he himself was buried by a landslide. No safe work procedures.
17-04-2011	Died while in confined space	Manhole - Pulau Pinang	The two victims both being Malaysian citizens, died when they entered a confined space. During the incident they were finishing up their work of cleaning sewerage pipes. Upon entering the confined space, it caused them to suffocate and become unconscious. Both victims died at the scene and were sent to hospital for autopsy.	Suffocation	The victims were believed to have suffocated while being in the confined space. No safe work procedure for works in condined space.
14-04-2011	Died crushed by timber	Logging Area - Kelantan	The victim, 52, a Malaysian citizen, died when he was crushed by a tree log that rolled over his body. During the incident the victim was carrying out tree cutting works in the logging area. While cutting the trees, the timber rolled over and crushed the victim. He was rushed to the hospital but died upon arriving to hospital.	Crushed by object	A tree log that he cut rolled over and crushed the victim. No safe work procedures
09-04-2011	Died falling from height	Construction Site - Pulau Pinang	The victim, 35, a foreign national, died when he fell from a rooftop at a height of 8 metres. During the incident the victim was carrying out 'T-Beam' concrete works for one of the houses still in construction. While he was doing the works he fell to the ground and died at the scene.	Fall from height	The victim who was doing concrete works suddenly fell to the ground. No safe work procedures while carrying out 'T-Beam' concrete works.
05-04-2011	Died falling from height	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	The victim, 31, a foreign national, died when he fell from a segment at a height of 10.7 metres. During the incident, the victim was carrying out works to clean up wastes of building materials in an elevated road segment. While he was cleaning up, he fell into an uncovered manhole. He suffered injuries to the head and hand and eventually died at the scene.	Fall from height	The victim fell into an uncovered manhole while doing works of cleaning up construction wastes. No safe work procedures for doing cleaning up works.
29-03-2011	Died crushed by tractor	Plantation - Johor	The victim, 30, a foreign national, died when he was crushed by a tractor. During the incident the victim was carrying out hole closing works on the road surface. He was driving a tractor carrying earth to close the holes when suddenly the tractor lost its balance and fell over onto the victim.	Crushed by object	The tractor driven by the victim fell over and crushed the victim. No safe work procedures.
26-03-2011	Death by being rolled over by road roller	Plantation - Negeri Sembilan	The victim, 18, a Malaysian citizen, died when he was rolled over by a road roller. During the incident the victim was carrying out road levelling works in the plantation using the roller. He stopped the roller and went in front of it to see something when suddenly the roller rolled over him. The victim died at the scene.	Rolled over by object	The road roller was on a slope when it stopped, hence it rolled over the victim. No safe work procedures.
25-03-2011	Died being wedged between cages	Factory - Pahang	The victim, 22, an foreign national, died when he was wedged between cages. During the incident the victim was carrying out works of pulling out cages of oil palm fruits from sterilizers. While the victim was pulling out the cages, he ask some shoveling help. As the shoveler was pushing the cages, he found that the victim was caught between the cages and rushed to send the victim to a nearby hospital. The victim died on the way to the hospital.	Wedged between objects	The victim was caught between the cages when the shoveler pushed the cages. No safe work procedures.
16-03-2011	Death due to exploding barrel drums	Factory - Johor	A local worker, age 30, died when barrel drums undergoing welding suddenly exploded. During the incident the victim was carrying out renovation works to the drums in order to use them for diesel oil storage. As the victim was welding the cover of the drum, the drum exploded causing the cover to fling towards to chest and face of the victim. He was rushed to the nearest hospital but died after several days of receiving treatment.	Struck by object	The barrel drum undergoing welding by the victim exploded, tossing its cover which hit the victim's chest and face. No safe work procedures.
09-03-2011	Died falling off a ladder	Street light - Kedah	A local worker, age 31, died after he slipped and fell off a ladder. During the incident the victim was carrying out works to change the connections of street lights. As the victim was descending the ladder after completing his work, he suddenly slipped and fell to the ground. The height of his fall was 3.5 metres. The victim was unconscious and rushed to a nearby hospital. He died on 17.03.2011.	Fall from height	The victim fell to the ground as he was descending a ladder. No safe work procedures.
01-03-2011	Died falling off trailer	Plantation - Johor	A foreign worker, age 26, died when he fell off a trailer. During the incident the victim together with a tractor driver entered a farm to collect empty barrels used to store mixtures of herbicides after works of spraying have finished. While the tractor which they rode was descending a hill, the victim fell of the trailer and was hit by the trailer's rear tyre. He died at the scene due to severe injuries at the back of the head.	Struck by object	The victim fell off while riding a trailer and the rear tyre hit him. No safe work procedures.
24-02-2011	Died falling from height	Construction Site - Johor	A foreign worker, age 30 years old, died when he fell from height. During the incident the victim was on the 8th floor and was bringing down a concrete barrel to a place to pour concrete. Strong winds hit the area causing the barrel to sway and hit the wooden support on the 9th floor. The wooden support broke and fell off. The victim tried to avoid the support causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground.	Fall from height	The incident happened during strong winds as the victim was trying to avoid a falling wooden support. No safe work procedures.
14-02-2011	Died crushed by timber	Logging Area - Kelantan	A local worker, 26 years old, died due to being crushed by a tree log. During the incident the victim, an excavator driver was doing work of placing tree logs onto a truck. Suddenly a strong gust of wind hit the area. A rotted tree log fell and crushed the victim. The victim died on the way to the nearest hospital.	Crushed by object	A strong gust of wind caused a rotted tree log to fall crushing the victim. No safe work procedures.
13-02-2011	Died falling into river	Sand Quarry - Kelantan	A local worker, aged 20, died when he drowned in a river. During the incident the victim, a general worker, was doing repairs on a damaged pipeline of a sand sucker. After completing the repairs, the victim traversed the pipeline to go the river bank to buy some food at a nearby shop. Suddenly he slipped and fell into the river. The river current was very fast, causing the victim to be swept away and drowned.	Drowning	The victim slipped and fell while traversing the sand sucker pipeline. No safe work procedures.
12-02-2011	Died falling off portable stairs	Construction Site - Pulau Pinang	A foreign worker, 32, died when he fell from a height of 5 metres. During the incident, the victim was carrying out spraying works of a material called 'debond release agent' using portable stairs. The material is used to facilitate separation when 'joining processes' are done between segments. The stairs failed to move, so the victim tried to climb onto one of the segments. Upon boarding a segment, he fell down. He died at the scene due to severe head injury.	Fall from height	The victim fell down trying to climb onto a segment. No safe work procedures.
27-01-2011	Died being rolled over by tractor	Palm Oil Plantation, Sarawak	A local worker, aged 47, died by being rolled over by a tractor. During the incident, he was sitting on the mudguard of the tractor. The tractor was on its way to collect oil palm fruits when the front part of the tractor suffered damage. The screw that supports the front weight bar of the tractor broke. The tractor driver hurriedly stopped his tractor causing the victim to fall. The victim was then rolled over by the tractor's tyres.	Rolled over by object	The screw that held the front weight bar of the tractor broke. The victim fell. He was rolled over by the tractor's tyres. No safe work procedures.
12-01-2011	Died falling off factory roof	Factory - Pulau Pinang	A local worker, aged 47, died when he fell off the roof of a factory which was 13.7 metres high. The victim was doing roof repairs at the time. During the incident, the victim accidently stepped on the thermoplastic/PVC part of the roof. The roof broke instantly causing the victim to fall down to the ground. He died at the scene due to severe head injury.	Fall from height	The victim accidently stepped on the thermoplastic/PVC part of the roof (which can easily break) causing him to fall down and die. No safe work procedures.
03-01-2011	Death caused by sudden floor collapse	Construction Site - Kuala Lumpur	A foreign worker, aged 30 years old, died when a floor structure suddenly collapsed. During the incident, the victim was carrying out cement leveling work where the cement was pumped onto the formwork structure. As the cement was being poured, suddenly the structure collapsed. The victim fell with it and was buried by the concrete. The victim died on the spot.	Fell and buried alive	A floor structure suddenly collapsed. The victim was buried by concrete. No safe work procedures.
02-01-2011	Death caused by falling into machine	Factory - Johor	A foreign worker, aged 34 years old, died when he fell into a wood shredder machine. During the incident, he was given the task of shredding boards using the machine. He fell into the machine while using it. His whole body disintegrated, killing him instantly.	Fall into machine	The accident happened because the victim was operating the machine alone. No safe work procedures.
29-04-2010	Killed by a tractor commutting to workplace	Kedah	The victim, 28, was killed after being involved in an accident on the way to workplace.
24-04-2010	Hit by bulldozer	Industrial Area, Melaka	The victim, 21, was killed after a bulldozer toppled during clearing of the work site.
19-04-2010	Fall from height	Kuala Lumpur	The victim, a foreign worker, was killed after falling from height. During the incident, the victim was putting silicon in between the windows mirrors. Unfortunately, he stepped on an area with no mirror installed, and fell down onto the skylift.
09-04-2010	Fell from scaffold	Highway, Kuala Lumpur	The victim, 23, was killed after falling down from scaffold.
06-04-2010	Sudden death after fainting	Industrial Area, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan	The victim, 40 years,was found death after fainting.
01-04-2010	Fall from height	Kuala Lumpur	The victim, 28 years, a foreign national, was killed after falling from 24th floor to 6th floor. During the accident, the victim was doing cleaning/clearing works at the 24th floor.
29-03-2010	Scaffold collapsed	Terengganu	The victim, 37 years, a foreign national, was killed after a scaffold collapsed at a construction site.
21-03-2010	Found death in confined space	Sabah	Six victims were killed in a confined space (a treated water pumping tank). They were killed due to toxic gases.
08-03-2010	Hit by a bulldozer	Pahang	The victim, 62 years, was killed after being hit by a bulldozer which was sliding from a slope.
04-03-2010	Hit by a tractor	Pahang	The victim, 43 years, was killed after falling down from a tractor. During the incident, the victim was on the way back after finished collecting oil palm fruits.
03-03-2010	Falling down inside the bin	Pahang	The victim, 25 tahun, from Nepal, died after falling into a bin through its opening. During the incident, the victim was doing scraping works of the bin.
22-02-2010	Hit by excavator	Pahang	The victim, 27 years, from Indonesia, was killed after being hit by an excavator during cleaning activity.
20-02-2010	Hit by bulldozer	Melaka	The victim, 14 years, was killed after being hit by a bulldozer. During incident, the victim was playing near the machine.
17-02-2010	Found dead in a toilet	Melaka	The victim, 40 years, was found dead in a toilet by other worker.
16-02-2010	Killed in confined space	Kuala Lumpur	Two foreign workers were found dead in a confined space at the sewage plant. During the incident, they were doing cleaning works at the manhole.
09-02-2010	Struck by a tree	Pahang	The victim, 39 years, a foreign national, was killed after being struck by a tree (logging).
01-02-2010	Struck by a tree	Kelantan	The victim, 55 years, was killed after being struck by a tree (logging).
01-02-2010	Fall from height	Pulau Pinang	The victim, 35 years, a foreign national, was killed after falling from a height of 7 metres. During the incident, the victim was installing water cooling cables.
31-01-2010	Drowned at river re-construction site	Pahang	The victim, 7 years, was found drowned at a river re-construction site.
28-01-2010	Pinched between objects	Terengganu	The victim, 45 years, was killed after being pinched between a mobile crane counterweight and the back of a trailer body.
26-01-2010	Fall from height	Pahang	The victim, 39 years, was killed after falling from the 3rd floor of a school building. During the incident, the victim was doing painting works and renovating the school building.
25-01-2010	Killed during repair work	Plantation - Terengganu	The victim,30 years, a foreign national, was killed after serious burning while doing welding (repair) works on a reactor.
21-01-2010	Buried with waste disposal	Kelantan	The victim, 44 years, was buried with rubbish in the local district council waste disposal. During the incident the victim was collecting cans and plastic bottles for selling.
21-01-2010	Killed by sanding calibrator machine	Industrial Area - Johor	The victim, 35 years, a foreign national, was killed after being struck by a sanding calibrator door, which was not properly closed.
15-01-2010	Struck by an object	Kelantan	The victim, 26 years, was killed after being struck by a tree (logging).
10-01-2010	Struck by an object	Kelantan	The victim, 32 years, a foreign worker, was killed after being struck by a tree (logging).
05-01-2010	Struck by Cooling Tower Fan	Pahang	The victim, 34 years old, a foreign worker, was killed after being struck by cooling tower fan while doing the maintenance.

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