A worker has died after being struck by a hose at a construction site on Jurong Port Road, according to straitstimes.com. The report was published on Sunday, 13 September 2026.
The Ministry of Manpower is investigating the incident, straitstimes.com reports. No further details about the worker, the employer involved, or the circumstances leading up to the incident were included in the report.
The death adds to a continuing series of workplace fatalities in Singapore's construction sector, which the Ministry of Manpower tracks and investigates. Under Singapore law, employers are required to report workplace accidents that result in death or serious injury, and the ministry can take enforcement action depending on what its investigations find.
Straitstimes.com did not say whether any stop-work order has been issued at the site or whether other agencies are involved. It also did not indicate when exactly the incident occurred, only that the death and the investigation were being reported on Sunday.
What to watch next: the Ministry of Manpower's findings from its investigation, and whether it announces any enforcement action against the parties responsible for safety at the Jurong Port Road site.
