Some notable construction mishaps
2019 Four injured
A chain from a crane at a condominium construction site collapsed, landing on three houses and two cars.
Three injured
A piling steel frame fell on construction workers at the SUKE project site.
2018 Two dead
Concrete slabs on the 15th floor of a construction site collapsed.
One died, two injured
A launching gantry at an MRT construction site collapsed.
2017 Three injured
A crane boom collapsed at a construction site of an apartment near Kampung Baru.
2016 One killed, five others injured
A 70m under-construction pedestrian bridge collapsed.
Died on the spot
A crane hook at a construction site fell on a car.
No casualties
A crane collapsed onto two cars and a bus.
2015 One dead, one injured
A cable snapped while two workers were fabricating a steel cage causing the steel bars to collapse at an MRT construction site.
2014 No casualties
A metal slab fell onto an oncoming car at the Pusat Bandar Damansara MRT construction site.
Three dead
A 300-tonne concrete block collapsed at the Kota Damansara MRT site.
2013 One dead, one injured
Almost 10 tonnes of construction equipment fell on cars during a lifting operation mishap at a LRT construction site.
No casualties
A beam on the 10th floor of a hotel under construction collapsed damaging a car at Magazine Road, George Town.
Three dead, several vehicles and property damaged
The fin wall from the top of the 21-storey Menara Umno building in Jalan Macalister, George Town, collapsed.
2012 No casualties
A crane fell 35 floors, damaging three cars near a construction site in Jalan Ampang.
Died on the spot
An iron rod from a construction site fell down and hit the victim who was walking back to his office.
2005 Died on the spot
An iron mould from a construction site along Jalan Sri Hartamas fell and hit a car.