From correspondents in Singapore, Singapore, 09:00 AM IST

An Indian national who fell into a water tank became the ninth worker to die since June in Singapore's beleaguered shipyard industry, news reports said Saturday.

Sathiyamoorthy Siva, 21, fell into the 21-metre-deep tank on the Japanese-registered oil tanker, the Eneos Breeze.

His body was found Friday at the bottom of the tank.

Sathiyamoorthy was working for a subcontractor at Keppel Shipyard, one of the world's largest shipbuilding and repair companies.

The Ministry of Manpower said that investigations were ongoing.

The death came a month after safety officials told shipyards to call an unprecedented three-day 'timeout' from work to review safety procedures.

In addition to the nine deaths, 18 workers have been injured in the last 11 weeks.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)