GEORGE TOWN: A foreign worker died after being electrocuted while carrying out welding work at a construction site here last Saturday.
The Penang Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), in a statement today, said that following the 9.45 am incident, a team of investigators was dispatched to the scene to conduct further investigations.
“The preliminary investigation found that the man was a subcontractor appointed to perform ducting and piping installation at the construction site.
“The victim was reportedly unconscious, and a colleague who noticed that the man was hanging on the scissor lift brought him down before taking him out of the construction site,” according to the statement.
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