Statement on Bukom Incident
Aug 21, 2015
We can confirm that there was a fire in the evening of 21 August 2015 at one of the units at our Pulau Bukom Manufacturing Site.
Six contractor workers suffered burn injuries in the incident and have been sent to the hospital. Two of them have since been discharged after receiving outpatient treatment. We are following the progress and treatment of the other workers closely and are working with our contractors to ensure all possible support and assistance are rendered to the injured workers and their families. All other personnel are accounted for at the site.
The fire was put out by the site’s first emergency responders within an hour and there is no other impact on the site’s operations.
We are working with the Singapore Civil Defence Force to investigate the incident.