{"id":6058,"date":"2016-08-26T14:02:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T14:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=6058"},"modified":"2016-08-26T14:02:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T14:02:30","slug":"crane-hook-drops-from-tower-crane-crushing-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/crane-hook-drops-from-tower-crane-crushing-car\/","title":{"rendered":"1-ton Hook drops from Tower Crane crushing car and killing driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Malaysia, construction company <a href=\"http:\/\/english.bucg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BUCG (M) Sdn Bhd<\/a> has suspended works on its hotel project, pending advice from the authorities following a freak accident where a crane hook fell and killed a motorist. \u00a0The victim, Chim Khoo Sing,\u00a024, from Penang, was crushed to death after a part of the crane which weighed\u00a0some 1,000kgs (2,204 lbs) fell onto her car.<\/p>\n<p>BUCG confirmed that they were the lead for the project by Harmoni Perkasa Sdn Bhd near Pavilion KL in the city centre, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yekontowercranes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yekon Equipment (M) Sdn Bhd<\/a> being the crane equipment owner and Sufiyan Enterprise being the crane operator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with our deepest sympathies that BUCG (M) Sdn Bhd confirms that at 7.20pm yesterday, the fatal accident on Jalan Raja Chulan was as a result of equipment used on the project site of the Harmoni Perkasa Sdn Bhd hotel project,\u201d BUCG said in a statement today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have suspended all the works until further advice from the relevant authorities. 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