Malaysian Worker Killed In Freak Accident At Seria Jobsite
By Liza Mohd

Seria - A Malaysian worker died at a fabrication yard in Seria yesterday after sustaining a head injury from a freak accident.

The Brunei Shell Petroleum Company in a press release said, the 31-year-old Malaysian national, an employee of one of BSP's contractors, sustained a fatal head injury at around 7.30 am, August 18.

The incident happened at the contractor's fabrication yard. At the time of the incident, work activities had not commenced at the fabrication yard.

For a reason yet to be established, the deceased was inside a 32" pipe spool-tee piece, which was resting on two supports. The pipe spool toppled over, resulting in the worker sustaining a fatal head injury, the BSP press release added.

The deceased is survived by his widow and two children. The deceased was reportedly sent to the RIPAS Hospital for postmortem.

BSP said an investigation on the incident is under way.

The police also confirmed the accident and would conduct further investigations.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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