Pasir Ris rail accident
| Pasir Ris rail accident | |
|---|---|
Tracks leading out of Pasir Ris station, where the accident took place. The accident occurred at the track switch in the distance. | |
| Details | |
| Date | 22 March 2016 |
| Location | Near Pasir Ris MRT station |
| Country | Singapore |
| Line | East–West MRT line |
| Operator | SMRT Trains |
| Incident type | Collision with track workers on track |
| Cause | Human error, failure to comply with safety procedures |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 |
| Deaths | 2 (SMRT staff) |
| Injured | 0 |
The Pasir Ris rail accident occurred on 22 March 2016 at the track switch near Pasir Ris station in Pasir Ris, Singapore on the East–West Line (EWL). A train ran over and killed two SMRT Trains track workers, Nasrulhudin Majumudin and Muhammad Asyraf Ahmad Buhari, who were trainees and part of a team of 15 investigating a track point fault machine near the station.
The engineer who led the inspection team was charged with negligence causing death under the Penal Code and was subsequently sentenced to 4 weeks in jail. SMRT Trains and one member of SMRT management were charged for violating the Workplace Safety and Health Act for lapses which led to the accident, and were fined $400,000 and $55,000 respectively. On 20 July 2018, the Land Transport Authority fined the operator S$1.9 million (US$1.41 million) for this incident and the Bishan tunnel flooding.