NEA fined $230k for safety lapses in 2021 Tuas incineration plant explosion that claimed 2 lives
SINGAPORE — The National Environment Agency (NEA) has been fined $230,000 for safety lapses in the 2021 Tuas Incineration Plant (TIP) explosion.The incident on Sept 23, 2021, claimed the lives of two NEA employees — Kwok Yeow Wai and Wee Eng Leng. A third employee, engineer Low Yin Choon, was seriously injured.NEA and two of its employees were charged with workplace safety offences in December 2023 following an investigation that involved several agencies, including the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Singapore Civil Defence Force.Christopher Lee Yew Binn, divisional director of the waste infrastructure operations and management division of NEA at the time, and Ng Wah Yong, then general manager of TIP, were handed one charge each under the Workplace Safety and Health Act.Lee’s case has been fixed for a pre-trial conference on Nov 28. Ng’s case will be mentioned again in court on Nov 20.