Myanmar man falls to death at construction site in Penang


GEORGE TOWN: A foreign worker died after falling from the eighth floor when exiting a gondola to enter a building at a construction site in Bayan Lepas near here yesterday.

The Penang Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) said the 26-year-old Myanmar national was carrying out painting and plastering work when the incident occurred at 8.30am.

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