An evening at Joint Management Body Flat office.

'I'm an experienced building supervisor!!! You know nothing!! It's not JMB problem!!', Mr. A raised his voice. I was shocked, hardly believed what I've just heard. Why on earth suddenly he changed his tone in that manner. There's no point arguing something that's already written in the law. I just asked him to install necessary guard at the moving parts of the lift machine, in order to prevent any accident occurring.  But hey, for me as you are the so called 'experienced building supervisor' then you should know better. It's part of the safety concerns, not only to him but also to the public.

This particular machine, as far as I'm concerned is under JMB property. Therefore it is under the JMB responsibility to maintain and to operate as far as practicable safe, not only for human lives, but also towards the properties.
Don't think that as so called 'experienced building supervisor', you are above the law. Don't think that your job is just to collect maintenance fees and to receive complaints, you are also obligated to practice safety and health in your respected office. Cause you're running the place for god sake!! You know where and what that always broken or malfunction. You know where to look at and what to look at.
He is Mr. A. , a guy who are so stubborn and who can't abide with law. Come on experienced building supervisor man, it's just a guard. I'm not asking you to change the lifts.
It is enough for me, after his showdown of stubbornness, I, calmly and in a very slow tempo of my talk, trying to make his stupidity stop, but I've failed. He's indeed were way to ego to let down his guard.
Then I asked for his manager. He was proudly said that his manager won't talk to a simple guy like me. Then I  said, don't let your silliness clouds your brain, just give me your manager phone number. He agreed, and ask me to leave. Then I left the ghetto, with a phone number in my hand. Without wasting any time, I lodged a complaints towards the so called experienced building supervisor man. Weeks later I heard that he was transferred to another office. Served him well.

New employees more prone to workplace accidents

PUTRAJAYA: New employees are more likely to get involved in accidents at their workplaces as compared to their senior colleagues.

Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Noraini Ahmad said this was because many of these employees are eager to please their bosses. In addition, they are usually also excited about their new jobs.

"We have found that many of those involved in workplace accidents in Malaysia have been working for less than six months after finishing school or graduating.

"Maybe they are excited about getting their first salaries and are eager to follow their bosses' orders, including doing dangerous tasks without any thought to their safety.

"That's why it is important for us to start promoting awareness about occupational safety and health issues in schools," she told reporters Friday after a press conference on OSH Week here.

Noraini however said that the scenario was reversed in developed nations where many of those involved in workplace accidents were those about to retire.

"In Japan and in Scandinavian countries, where there are fewer young people, employees have to work until their 60s so they face dangers from failing eyesight and less mobility," she said, adding that as a rapidly developing country, Malaysia was heading towards that trend.

Noraini said Malaysia also hoped to halve its rate of workplace accidents at six cases for every 1,000 workers by the year 2020.

"At present, the manufacturing sector records the highest number of workplace accidents, which is where we have most of our workers. However, the construction sector sees the highest number of fatalities," she said.

Noraini said OSH Week, which runs from Monday until Friday at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur, also aimed to promote awareness of occupational safety among women workers.

"Most women work in service and electronic sectors, where they are required to handle detergents and chemical solutions that may pose a risk to their reproductive system. Similarly, they come into potential harm using pesticides in farms," she pointed out.

Below is the fatal accidents graph involving workers in year 2009. Death toll illustrated mostly came from building construction sector.

Petronas Blaze

Six hurt in Bekok C blaze
Six people have been hurt in a fire on board the Petronas Carigali-operated Bekok C platform, about 200 kilometres off Peninsular Malaysia.
The fire started just after midnight today but was contained by an emergency response team working on board the platform, Petronas said in a statement.

The six injured crew have been taken to the Kuala Terengganu hospital for treatment, while the remaining 102 personnel have been evacuated to nearby platforms.

The Star newspaper reported that one of the injured workers was later sent to the ICU after his condition deteriorated.

The paper also reported Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Said visited the workers and said they were traumatised over the incident.

“They said sparks from one of the maintenance valves could have caused the fire. They were all panic-struck but were thankful there were no fatalities,” he said.

Bekok C platform was undergoing a scheduled shutdown for planned maintenance at the time of the incident.

An internal investigation into the incident is under way.

The Bekok C platform was said to have been in operation since the 1980s.

Bekok is an oil and gas discovery neigbouring the giant Tapis field. Gas from Bekok is understood to be exported via Tapis production facilities to Peninsular Malaysia.

A trade source told Reuters that Petronas could lose around 100 barrels of light sweet crude for export per month due to the fire, but how long this might continue is not clear.

"It's one of the fields linked to Tapis production, but it's not a major field," the source said.

Published: 14 December 2010 06:10 GMT | Last updated: 15 December 2010 06:28 GMT

Dust Collector Explosion

The said Dust Collector

BUTTERWORTH: A dust-collecting machine at the factory of a manufacturing company blew up yesterday, shattering the roof and sending debris flying at the Prai Industrial Estate near here.
The blast at Excel Rim Sdn Bhd was also believed to have damaged buildings within 100m of the factory.

The factory, making motorcycle wheel rims, was badly damaged.


Eight of the 70 employees were injured in the explosion, said state Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Mohd Razam Taja Rahim.


"Locals and Nepalese were among the victims. Four have been sent to Bagan Specialist Centre here while the other four were sent to Seberang Jaya Hospital."

Razam said they were alerted at 10.20am. Seven fire engines and 33 firemen were sent to fight the blaze.


Thirty volunteer firefighters from around Seberang Prai also helped the firemen.

Razam said the cause of the explosion and the company's losses were still being investigated.

Impact from the explosion, affecting opposite factory.