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SINGAPORE - There has been an alarming rise in workplace accidents and deaths this year, said National Trades Union Congress assistant secretary-general Melvin Yong on Saturday (Sept 25).

He said in a Facebook post the recent blast at Tuas Incineration Plant was a grim reminder of this.

For at least the third time this year, the labour MP called on companies here to conduct safety time-outs and to reassess their work processes.

Thursday’s blast at the National Environment Agency (NEA)-owned plant left one worker dead and two seriously injured.

Mr Yong urged all companies to work with labour unions to train safe management officers to become dedicated workplace safety and health representatives.

This is so that a good safety culture can be instilled at the workplace, he said.

Meanwhile, workplace safety experts lamented that the blast occurred while an inquiry into another fatal explosion in a Tuas industrial building was ongoing.