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DOSH issues stop work order after piling machine tragedy
Firemen try to remove the bodies of the two victims who were crushed to death after a piledriver fell on their car in Meru, Klang November 4, 2016.u00e2u20acu201dBernama pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — The developer of a construction project in Bandar Baru Bukit Raja, Klang has been issued with a stop work order with immediate effect following the piling machine tragedy at the site today. 

A piling machine there collapsed on a car, killing a couple.  Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) director-general Datuk Mohtar Musri said the stop work order was issued so that investigations could be carried out.

"DOSH officers are at the scene. A stop work order has been issued and the next course of action will depend on the outcome of the probe,” he told Bernama. 

In the 12.35pm incident, Abd Rahim Abd Rahman, 51, and his wife Nurhayati Rosli, 46, an Indonesian national, were killed on the spot after a piling machine there collapsed onto their car as it was passing by. — Bernama

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