Safety (DOSH) into the cause of i
‘the Second Penang exitramp col
lapse in Batu Maung on June 6
‘will not be made public
“the departments Penang head,
cohd’ Anuar. Embi, seid. this
Was because it involved decals
that could be prejudicial to a
Tegal sit if the project contrac:
‘or, Kuala Lumpur-based Cerges
‘Murni Sdn Bhd, was found to be
“These details cannot be shared
‘with the public. Thisisa standard
pprocedire for us. The Findings
would be submitted to the Hus
rman Resource Ministry instead
for further action" he sad,
“They (the pfoject contractor)
could be taken to court if we
find they did’ not comply. with
the law. It does not matter if the
projects publlc or private be-
cause an accident is an accident.
‘The details could be prejudicial
‘a legal sui
Mohd Anuar said the safety and
health of the workers and the
public took precedence in the
‘course ofthe investigation.
He declined to comment when
asked if DOSH would. reveal
its findings to the recently.an-
rouneed state Commision of
Inguity.
‘the commision, headed by
‘State Appeals Board chief Datuk
‘Yeo Yang’Poh, will study the col-
lapse of the ramp, and also that
of the lightning arrestor pole
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June 13. ‘Tajudin Zainal Abidin, 45, who said they were uncertain of the
Mohd Anuar said the investi- was in his car, on the spot completion date for the second
sation into the collapse of the The ramp, connecting the See- bridge as DOSH had yet to com
ramp wes proceeding smoothly ond Penang Bridge and Jalan. pleteits investigations,
‘and hoped it would be complet Tun Dr Lim Chong Ea, is part of! itally, the bridge was to be
fed within the one-month time: the RM45 billion 16.9km-long opened in September but follow-
frame. bridge project between atu. ing the tragedy, the launch was
The investigation team led by Kawan and Batu Maung that was deferred fo i original November
hhim has collected soil and con- to be surendezed to Jambatan deadline, and sill not viewed as
struction samples, including the Kedua Sdn Bhd by the end of a delay," said
scaffolding used ac the site, and July. He said work on eight out of
interviewed more than 50 people Mohd Anuar said there were the nine packages, including the
involved in the project. Tessong to be lenunt from the in- ‘super structure” and toll booths
In the incident, about 500 cident for those involved in the was carrying! on as. normal ex:
tonnes of a dOm-long steel and project cept for the Batu. Maung inter-
‘onerete ramp supported by caf: Jambaran Kedkia Sdn Bhd change that was slapped with a
folding crashed onto Jalan Batu GKSB) deputy head of corporate stop-work order.