Two men were working on a gondola outside a Housing Board block in Pasir Ris when several cables on one side of their working platform gave way, causing the gondola to tip precariously towards the ground.
If not, and if the other cables had given way, the men, both migrant workers, could have fallen some 20m to the ground, a potentially life-threatening drop. Shin Min Daily News reported that the gondola had been placed outside the HDB block on Tuesday, as workers had been tasked to put nets in place to deter birds from building their nests in the area.
A video of the gondola’s near-vertical position can be seen on the Shin Min Daily News Facebook page. A resident who was there when the incident happened said that some of the materials the workers had been using fell to the ground. Fortunately, the men had the presence of mind to escape into the stairwell.A spokesman for the town council said that the incident was reported to MOM, mothership reported. The spokesman said they were uncertain about why the cables came loose.