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Workers adapt to safety steps but labour crunch an issue
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A safe management officer at a construction site showing a proximity device, which can detect workers' distance from one another. Technology has helped to make compliance with safety measures easier for many workers.
PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
Like clockwork, marine worker Miah Md Liton, 34, checks in using SafeEntry and takes his temperature when he arrives at his workplace in Shipyard Road at 7am.
At a daily briefing before he starts his work, which involves fixing and welding pipes for ships, the Bangladeshi national is reminded to keep a safe distance of at least 1m from his co-workers.
