Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) director-general Mohtar Musri said the order was issued to enable investigation into the incident which caused the death of a worker and injured five others.
“DOSH has visited the site of the incident and ordered work to stop while an investigation is conducted,” he told Bernama here today.
Mohtar said initial investigations revealed that the pedestrian bridge being built to link KL Eco City to The Gardens Mall had collapsed.
“A probe has to be carried out to determine whether the collapse was caused by negligence or use of substandard building materials,” he added.
He said under Section 15 of the Worker Safety and Health Act 1994, negligence was punishable by a jail term of up to two years and a fine not exceeding RM30,000.
In the 3.30pm incident, a 21-year-old foreign worker was killed and five others were injured when the pedestrian bridge collapsed.