GEORGE TOWN: A foreign worker was electrocuted while welding at a construction site here.

       In a statement yesterday, the Penang Department of Occupational Safety and Health said that following the 9.45am incident last Saturday, a team of investigators was dispatched to the scene.

       “Preliminary investigation found that the man was a subcontractor appointed to perform ducting and piping installation at the construction site.

       “The victim was reportedly unconscious and a colleague, who noticed the man was hanging on the scissor lift, brought him down,” it said.

       The man was confirmed dead while en route to the hospital, and the post-mortem conducted by Penang Hospital revealed the cause of death as electrocution. — Bernama