KANGAR: Seorang kanak-kanak perempuan berusia dua tahun 11 bulan dari Kampung Sungai Bugis, Simpang Empat, dekat sini yang melecur teruk daripada perut hingga lutut selepas terkena air panas tiga hari lalu, disahkan meninggal dunia, awal pagi semalam.
Mangsa, Noraini Syazwani Abdullah, disahkan meninggal dunia ketika menerima rawatan intensif di Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah (HSB) Alor Setar kira-kira jam 1.20 pagi selepas bertarung nyawa akibat melecur teruk.
Ketua Siasatan Jenayah negeri, Superintendan Nashir Ya, ketika mengesahkan kejadian berkenaan berkata, pihaknya menolak sebarang unsur jenayah berhubung insiden air panas itu.
Beliau berkata, bagi kes Noraini Syazwani, kejadian berlaku di kediaman keluarga kanak-kanak terbabit ketika ibu mangsa, 19, yang kini mengandung tujuh bulan dikatakan menuang air panas yang baru dimasak ke dalam balang.
“Syazwani yang ketika kejadian sedang bermain tiba-tiba menerpa ke arah ibunya, sebelum air panas tiba-tiba tertumpah secara tidak sengaja, lalu tersimbah ke badannya.
“Mangsa yang melecur teruk dikejarkan ke Hospital Tuanku Fauziah (HTF) di sini, sebelum dipindahkan ke HSB beberapa jam kemudian. Dia bagaimanapun disahkan meninggal dunia awal pagi tadi (semalam) selepas lebih tiga hari dirawat,” katanya di sini, semalam.
Nashir berkata, pihaknya menjalankan siasatan berhubung kes berkenaan berdasarkan laporan diterima dan mengesahkan kematian mangsa tidak membabitkan sebarang unsur jenayah.
“Polis percaya kejadian pada petang 24 Januari lalu itu berlaku atas dasar kemalangan serta kecuaian dan kes diklasifikasikan sebagai mati mengejut,” katanya.
Dalam kejadian berasingan pada hari sama Isnin lalu, seorang kanak-kanak berusia dua tahun parah terkena air panas ketika berada di pusat jagaan kanak-kanak di Repoh, Kuala Perlis, dekat sini dan sedang menerima rawatan lanjut di HTF. Nashir berkata, mangsa, Anis Syafiah Shukri, dilaporkan cedera pada paha akibat terkena air panas pada petang Rabu lalu.
“Kejadian itu disedari ibu bapa mangsa selepas dimaklumkan penjaga pusat asuhan terbabit ketika mengambil anak mereka di pusat jagaan berkenaan kira-kira jam 6 petang.
Berdasarkan maklumat awal, katanya, kejadian berlaku ketika mangsa bersama 10 kanak-kanak lain bersiap sedia untuk mandi di bahagian dapur pusat jagaan berkenaan, sebelum mangsa terlanggar meja dan terjatuh.
“Ketika itu, besen berisi air panas yang digunakan untuk memanaskan susu terbalik dan tertumpah ke atas paha kanak-kanak itu, menyebabkan perut dan tangannya melecur. Dia kemudian dibawa ke klinik kesihatan di sini, sebelum dirujuk ke HTF.
“Polis menerima laporan daripada bapa mangsa, Shukri Shuib, 36, mendakwa anaknya didera. Bagaimanapun siasatan mengikut Seksyen 324 Kanun Keseksaan mengesahkan tiada sebarang unsur penderaan dan klasifikasikan sebagai kecuaian serta kemalangan,” katanya.
Oleh Rashidi Karim
am@hmetro.com.my
Friday, January 28, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
CONFINED SPACE: Practise safety at work and end tragedies
THE recent tragedy in which six Filipino labourers died after accidently inhaling carbon monoxide while cleaning a tank at the Kampong Lawa Gadong Water Treatment plant in Beaufort, Sabah, has once again highlighted the poor work safety at the workplace.
This is not the first such incident. Over the years, a number of labourers have died while working in confined spaces at shipyards, silos or manholes when carrying out sewerage repairs or when doing maintenance works.
It is interesting to note that accidents in confined spaces display several common features. The work to be done is not a routine one and it is irregular. The person involved is usually a contract employee with poor safety awareness and education and few or none of the standard safeguards are provided to them. In most cases, safe practices and procedures are neglected and people with basic first-aid and CPR skills are not available when needed.
Those who work in confined spaces are exposed to risks and dangers that usually result in fatality. In 2001, nine workers were killed while repairing a ship in Pasir Gudang.
Investigations by the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) showed that most accidents occurred due to employers’ failure to apply and implement safe systems of work in confined spaces.
Lack of coordination and control while conducting activities in such confined spaces pose immense danger to the workers. It is dangerous if, for instance, maintenance of a highly flammable pipe system is done simulwithout coordination or control.
Apart from that, sub-contractors who have no knowledge of working in confined spaces, risk their lives much more than the others. They are usually not equipped with proper tools and do not know or have safe operating procedures.
Statistics show that most accidents occur in silo, hopper, pressurised vessels or tanks and trenches. The victims either die of toxic poisoning or suffocation due to lack of oxygen.
The Code of Practice for Confined Space Safety was introduced in 2001 to ensure employers provide adequate safety to their employees when they work in confined spaces.
It provides detailed explanation on safety measures such as the training involved, rescue procedures, contractors’ responsibility and the control measures.
Accidents can be avoided if employers are committed to implementing the code. I would like to call upon every employer to use it as a guide to create a safer working condition while implementing a healthier work system — in line with OSHA 1994.
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Niosh) has been conducting training to employees who work in confined spaces to help minimise accidents and tragedies.
TAN SRI LEE LAM THYE,
Chairman, Niosh.
This is not the first such incident. Over the years, a number of labourers have died while working in confined spaces at shipyards, silos or manholes when carrying out sewerage repairs or when doing maintenance works.
It is interesting to note that accidents in confined spaces display several common features. The work to be done is not a routine one and it is irregular. The person involved is usually a contract employee with poor safety awareness and education and few or none of the standard safeguards are provided to them. In most cases, safe practices and procedures are neglected and people with basic first-aid and CPR skills are not available when needed.
Those who work in confined spaces are exposed to risks and dangers that usually result in fatality. In 2001, nine workers were killed while repairing a ship in Pasir Gudang.
Investigations by the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) showed that most accidents occurred due to employers’ failure to apply and implement safe systems of work in confined spaces.
Lack of coordination and control while conducting activities in such confined spaces pose immense danger to the workers. It is dangerous if, for instance, maintenance of a highly flammable pipe system is done simulwithout coordination or control.
Apart from that, sub-contractors who have no knowledge of working in confined spaces, risk their lives much more than the others. They are usually not equipped with proper tools and do not know or have safe operating procedures.
Statistics show that most accidents occur in silo, hopper, pressurised vessels or tanks and trenches. The victims either die of toxic poisoning or suffocation due to lack of oxygen.
The Code of Practice for Confined Space Safety was introduced in 2001 to ensure employers provide adequate safety to their employees when they work in confined spaces.
It provides detailed explanation on safety measures such as the training involved, rescue procedures, contractors’ responsibility and the control measures.
Accidents can be avoided if employers are committed to implementing the code. I would like to call upon every employer to use it as a guide to create a safer working condition while implementing a healthier work system — in line with OSHA 1994.
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Niosh) has been conducting training to employees who work in confined spaces to help minimise accidents and tragedies.
TAN SRI LEE LAM THYE,
Chairman, Niosh.
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