A broken parapet wall contributed to the May 11 incident that saw two workers scrambling out of a gondola left dangling at the 15th storey of a Housing Board block in Boon Lay.
Preliminary investigations by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) revealed that the overhead support of the gondola came loose when the parapet wall on top of the HDB block was damaged.
After the support came loose, one of the workers was forced to climb out of the lopsided gondola onto a ledge on the 15th storey of Block 199 Boon Lay Drive, before he was rescued by Singapore Civil Defence Force officers.
The other worker managed to climb into a unit on the 14th storey.
The Ministry of Manpower said gondolas, or suspended scaffolds, are commonly used as temporary platforms for workers to carry out work at heights on the exterior of buildings, adding that there are currently about 5,000 gondolas in use.
"There were two workplace accidents involving the use of gondolas in 2022 and one in 2023 to date," it added.
BCA engineers found only localised damage at the block and determined that the building remains structurally safe.
This story is from the June 03, 2023 edition of The Straits Times.
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