SINGAPORE, Feb 9 — A 53-year-old Singaporean worker died after nine glass doors toppled on him and two other workers while they were unloading them at a warehouse off Pasir Panjang Road.

The incident occurred at 61, Harbour Link complex along Alexandra Terrace at about 2.15pm last Thursday (Feb 2), the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a statement.

The three workers from AGL Facade Systems, a company that specialises in architectural structures and metal works, were in the process of unloading the doors from a shipping container when nine of the doors toppled onto them.

Two were injured and taken to the National University Hospital. The 53-year-old later died from his injuries, while his co-worker is in a stable condition, MOM said.

The third worker was not injured.

The ministry is investigating the incident and has ordered AGL Facade Systems to stop all work and appoint a workplace safety and health auditor to review its existing work practices.

It has also barred the company from hiring new foreign workers for three months.

"The director of AGL Facade Systems will also be required to personally account to MOM and take direct responsibility for rectifications,” the ministry said.

In its statement, MOM said that workers should ensure that glass sheets and panels are bundled in upright positions within wooden crates when being transported in shipping containers.

"For safe unloading, forklifts or purpose-built telescopic handlers should be used. If the items are to be manually shifted, proper means of support... must be provided to prevent other items within the container from toppling,” it added.

TODAY is reaching out to the warehouse’s occupier, PBT Engineering, for more information.

This is the fourth workplace death so far this year.

The three other incidents happened last month:

• On Jan 31, a 44-year-old Malaysian died when the trailer truck he was driving plunged into the sea at Keppel Terminal

• On Jan 19, a 66-year-old Singaporean pump attendant was knocked down by a car at a petrol station in Sengkang

• On Jan 12, a 37-year-old worker from Myanmar fell four storeys while painting the facade of a condominium block in Bedok — TODAY