Selangor Journal
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Port Klang firm fined RM40,000 for negligence which led to death of a worker

KLANG, Nov 16 — Sinergi Perdana Sdn Bhd, an agricultural consortium was fined RM40,000 in default 12 months’ jail by the Sessions Court here today for failing to ensure safe workplace conditions that resulted in the death of an employee two years ago.

Judge Razali Arifin meted out the sentence on Sinergi Perdana after its Legal and Corporate manager Siti Fairuz Kamis, 35, representing the company, pleaded guilty to the charge.

As the employer, Sinergi Perdana was accused of failing to ensure safety, health and welfare at the workplace by not providing information, instructions, training and supervision to carry out welding work on a granulator chute electric motor that resulted in a fatal accident involving its employee Jafri Jamaluddin, 41.

The offence was committed at a manufacturing section of its factory in Bandar Sultan Suleiman Industrial Park, Port Klang, here at 4.50 pm on Feb 19, 2019.

The company was charged under Section 15(2)(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.

The offence is punishable by a prison sentence of up to two years, a fine of not more than RM50,000 or both.

According to the facts of the case, the victim who was alone was electrocuted while carrying out repair work on the granulator chute.

He was then rushed to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang but was pronounced dead while receiving treatment.

Earlier, Siti Fairuz in pleading for leniency said the accident happened when the company had only been operating for a year and that it was its first offence.

“We have taken immediate action by preparing standard operating procedures and practising safety where employees are always provided with training,” she said.

Selangor Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) prosecuting officers Jamaludin Harun and Mohd Nizam Teh Kammaruddin said as a result of the negligence, the company had lost a skilled worker.

They also urged the court to impose a sentence that reflects the severity of the offence as a lesson to the accused and also to other companies.

— Bernama

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