A COMPANY has been fined RM70,000 by the Sessions Court in Ayer Keroh after pleading guilty to failing to ensure workplace safety in an incident that claimed the lives of three subcontracted workers last year.
Judge Raja Noor Adilla Raja Mahyaldin imposed the penalty on Dragon Alliance Metals Sdn Bhd after its manager entered a guilty plea on behalf of the firm.
The court also ordered that the company face six months’ imprisonment if it failed to pay the fine, although the penalty was settled.
According to the charge, the company, as the employer, failed to take necessary steps to ensure the safety and health of workers employed by a subcontractor. This included not providing adequate supervision by a project engineer during dismantling works involving plant and machinery.
The failure led to an accident involving N Pavintihiran and two Bangladeshi workers, identified as Mohammad and Abrar Alam Kaif, resulting in their deaths.
The offence took place at a project site for the dismantling of plant and machinery in the Tangga Batu Industrial Area on February 24, 2025, at about 10am.
The company was charged under Section 18A(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994, punishable under Section 19 of the same law, which provides for a maximum fine of RM500,000, imprisonment of up to two years, or both upon conviction.
The prosecution, led by Mohamad Nazaruddin Jaafar from the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Melaka, argued that a firm sentence was warranted, stressing that negligence in supervising dismantling works had caused a major fire and led to the loss of three lives.
The company was represented by counsel Jewel Shreya Naidu. - April 9, 2026
