Pasir Ris rail accident | |
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![]() Tracks leading out of Pasir Ris station, where the accident took place. The accident occurred at the track switch in the distance. | |
Details | |
Date | 22 March 2016 |
Location | Near Pasir Ris MRT station |
Country | Singapore |
Line | East–West MRT line |
Operator | SMRT Trains |
Incident type | Collision with track workers on track |
Cause | Human error, failure to comply with safety procedures[1] |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 |
Deaths | 2 (SMRT staff) |
Injured | 0 |
The Pasir Ris rail accident occurred on 22 March 2016 at the track switch near Pasir Ris station in Pasir Ris, Singapore on the East–West Line (EWL). A train ran over and killed two SMRT Trains track workers, Nasrulhudin Majumudin and Muhammad Asyraf Ahmad Buhari, who were trainees and part of a team of 15 investigating a track point fault machine near the station.[2][3]
SMRT Trains and one member of SMRT management were charged for violating the Workplace Safety and Health Act for lapses that led to this accident,[4] and were fined $400,000 [3] and $55,000 [2] respectively. The SMRT engineer who led the track team at the scene of the accident was sacked by SMRT and later charged with negligence causing death under the Penal Code.[4] The SMRT engineer was subsequently sentenced to 4 weeks in jail.[5]
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