Another sad time for Singapore to lose 2 young Singaporeans .
SMRT accident: Witnesses living near train station recount heart-stopping moments before tragedy
STOMP
Wednesday, Mar 23, 2016
Residents living near Pasir Ris MRT station described what they saw and heard just moments before two SMRT employees were hit and killed by an oncoming train yesterday (Mar 22).
Several Stomper contributers had sent in photos of the incident, which took place at around 11.10am yesterday. The scene was also reported live.
Singaporeans Nasrulhudin Najumudin, 26, and Muhammad Asyraf Ahmad Buhari, 24, were apparently undergoing on-the-job training when the fatal accident happened.
They were part of a technical team - which also consisted of 13 others - that went down to the track to investigate a reported alarm from a condition monitoring device for signalling equipment.
Two witnesses recounted the tragedy to The New Paper.
Mrs Tandra Haldei, who lives opposite Pasir Ris MRT station at Block 528B, Pasir Ris Street 51, first spotted the group of SMRT workers walking on the tracks at about 11am yesterday.
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My condolences goes out to the families of the victims . My thoughts are with you all . Stay strong .
SMRT acknowledges lapse in procedure before train hit 2 employees
Photo: The Straits Times
ASIAONE
Wednesday, Mar 23, 2016
SINGAPORE - There was a lapse in procedure before an MRT train hit and killed two trainee employees, according to a timeline of events provided by operator SMRT today (March 23).
Mr Nasrulhudin Najumudin, 26, and Mr Muhammad Asyraf Ahmad Buhari, 24, were part of a 15-member maintenance crew sent to investigate an alarm that had gone off at a servicing point on the tracks near Pasir Ris MRT station at around 11.10am yesterday (March 22).
They were authorised to do so, in a practice - of sending a team to the tracks to investigate faults when trains services are running - that SMRT said yesterday was normal.
SMRT said in a statement today that an average of two to three such authorisations are given each day.
Before they are allowed to step back onto the tracks, the team is supposed to coordinate with the signal unit to ensure that oncoming trains stop and do not enter the affected sector.
“Our records do not show that this procedure took place,” SMRT said.
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Basically thrg will tell tge public, lets move on and keep quiet.Continue to take big pay n keep quiet n nobody step down.sad …….
The question is can those people sleep peacefully ???
MOM, LTA issue interim safety instructions to SMRT in wake of fatal accident
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ASIAONE
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2016
SINGAPORE - Safety procedures for track access have been strengthened following a fatal accident which took the lives of two SMRT staff on March 22, the transport company said today (Mar 30).
SMRT said in a statement that procedures for authorisation of track access have been strengthened in the areas specified by the Land Transport Authority and the Ministry of Manpower on the same day.
The authorities’ interim safety instructions require that SMRT ensure the following:
a) No trains should run in automatic mode for sections of the track where personnel are required on the adjacent track walkway. Trains on such sections of the track should be operated manually, and at low speeds;
b) The section of the track where all works are taking place including maintenance or repair, should be isolated, so as to provide a safe zone before any personnel is allowed to proceed to the area;
c) There should be robust authentication procedures between the personnel deployed on the tracks and the operations control centre to verify the track isolation;
d) Measures for isolation must be continuously in place until staff have left the work area and trackside; and
e) Watchmen should be deployed to alert personnel on the tracks of oncoming trains from both directions of the track.
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Parliament: Staff will be held accountable if human lapses caused fatal track accident, says Khaw Boon Wan
SCDF officers recovering the bodies of Mr Nasrulhudin Najumudin and Mr Muhammad Asyraf Ahmad Buhari near Pasir Ris MRT station on March 22.
SCDF officers recovering the bodies of Mr Nasrulhudin Najumudin and Mr Muhammad Asyraf Ahmad Buhari near Pasir Ris MRT station on March 22. PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER
PUBLISHEDAPR 12, 2016, 1:26 PM SGT
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Adrian Lim
SINGAPORE - Investigations into a recent MRT track accident which killed two SMRT maintenance crew will establish whether there was a lack of safety procedures or if staff did not follow them, said Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan on Tuesday (April 12).
Should the investigations reveal human errors, those responsible will be held to account, Mr Khaw said in Parliament during the debate on his ministry’s budget.
Speaking on the fatal accident which occurred some three weeks ago, Mr Khaw said he has also directed the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to work with operator SMRT to thoroughly review its safety-related procedures.
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Probe into SMRT deaths: Vital safety protection measures not in place
ASIAONE
Monday, Apr 25, 2016
An investigation into the deaths of two SMRT trainee staff members on March 22 has found that the incident could have been avoided if safety measures had been put in place.
In a statement, the rail operator said that before a work team is allowed onto the track, a speed limit must be set to ensure that no train enters the track and watchmen must be deployed to look out for approaching trains and provide early warning to the work team.
SMRT said that an accident review panel formed determined that this “vital safety protection measure was not applied and that the effectiveness of such protection before entry into the work site was no ensure as required under existing procedure”.
This directly caused the accident which led to the deaths of Nasrulhudin Najumudin, 22, and Muhammad Asyraf Ahmad Buhari, 24, who were part of a 15-man team who went down to the track to investigate a reported alarm from a conditioning monitoring device for signalling equipment.
The incident, which took place near Pasir Ris MRT station led to the suspension of trains services on the East-West Line between Tanah Merah and Pasir Ris stations for more than two hours.
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Lightning strikes MRT train, causes 40-minute disruption
ASIAONE
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
SINGAPORE - An SMRT train was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm today afternoon (May 11), causing train service from Yishun to Yio Chu Kang stations on the North-South Line to be disrupted for over 40 minutes.
SMRT said in its initial tweets, starting at about 4pm, that the train service was disrupted due to “train fault”.
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Lightning strikes ‘won’t hurt commuters’
Adrian LimTHE STRAITS TIMES
Friday, May 13, 2016
The steel frame of an MRT train keeps commuters inside safe from lightning strikes, and is like the protection offered when one is inside a car or an aeroplane, said experts.
Hence, a lightning strike, which was suspected to have crippled an SMRT train during a heavy thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon, would not be dangerous to passengers inside the train.
SMRT did not confirm if the train was hit and said only that lightning struck in a location between Yio Chu Kang and Khatib stations along the North-South Line. The affected train had to be pushed to a station by another, and no one was hurt.
Professor Liew Ah Choy from the National University of Singapore’s electrical and computer engineering department said there is no significant voltage difference - which causes electrocution - in a metallic enclosure such as a train cabin when lightning strikes.
Prof Liew said the steel frame of the train rises in voltage during a strike, and the current would flow around the metallic walls of the train car. “In the process of doing so, because the wall is electrically conducting, there is very little voltage difference generated,” he explained.
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Khaw: MRT to emulate Taipei’s metro reliability
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Adrian LimMY PAPER
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
SINGAPORE’S rail system has lost its “mojo” but it is working hard to regain its earlier standing, said Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday.
Lauding the Taipei metro system for its reliability, Mr Khaw urged rail operators SBS Transit and SMRT to emulate its example.
He noted that rail staff from the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC) - which was formed in 1996 - had in its early years visited Singapore to study the MRT, which began operations in 1987.
“We were then an exemplary MRT player and a subject of study,” he said in a speech at a forum on rail infrastructure maintenance.
“Unfortunately, maybe due to complacency or distracted management attention, we lost our earlier standing. I prefer to use the word, we lost our mojo. Let’s work hard to regain our mojo.”
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SMRT cuts CEO Desmond Kuek’s pay by nearly 20%
SMRT chief executive Desmond Kuek
SMRT chief executive Desmond KuekST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
PUBLISHEDJUN 4, 2016, 4:47 AM SGTUPDATEDJUN 4, 2016, 6:55 PM
SINGAPORE - Transport operator SMRT Corp has cut the pay of its chief executive Desmond Kuek - a rare move in the corporate universe.
Mr Kuek, 53, received a total remuneration of $1.87 million for the financial year ended March 31 - down from $2.31 million the year before.
This was revealed in the company’s newly-released annual report, which revealed more on Mr Kuek’s compensation. It said that his basic salary was $830,955, while his variable performance pay was $1,040,759, making a total of $1,871,714.
It said Mr Kuek earned $2,311,023 the year before - $793,170 in basic salary and $1,517,853 in variable.
The number of SMRT shares awarded to him however, remained unchanged at 260,000.
Before his pay cut, Mr Kuek’s compensation was the heftiest that SMRT has paid any of its chief executives.
The latest package is in the ballpark of what his predecessor, Ms Saw Phaik Hwa, got before she left.
The company did not say why Mr Kuek’s pay was crimped, but last year, it defended his record remuneration. It said it was benchmarked against the pay of CEOs of peer companies, and that it was competitive and at a responsible level.
It added that Mr Kuek’s tasks were more daunting than before.
SMRT has been struggling to renew ageing operating assets to improve service reliability and at the same time looking for new ways to bolster earnings eroded by higher operating expenditure.
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