KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign workers who contribute to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) are eligible for benefits under the agency if they are involved in an accident while working, said its chief executive Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed.
With that, he said Socso was now identifying the next-of-kin of foreign workers involved in the gantry crane collapse at the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) in Cheras on Monday for the benefit payment process.
“Socso will not wait for the victims’ next-of-kin to come and make claims. Instead, the Socso Caring Squad will go to the ground to get the victims’ details for payment,” he told reporters here today.
Three Chinese nationals were crushed to death while a motorist was seriously injured when the gantry crane toppled over at the SUKE construction site at Jalan Alam Damai, Cheras here. Two bodies were found on the day of the accident while the third was extricated this morning.