{"id":24090,"date":"2021-11-01T10:42:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T13:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24090"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:16:37","slug":"five-workers-injured-at-galaxy-macau-phase-iii-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/five-workers-injured-at-galaxy-macau-phase-iii-construction-site","title":{"rendered":"Five workers injured at Galaxy Macau Phase III construction site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau\u2019s Fire Service Bureau has reported that five workers were injured while working at the Galaxy Macau phase III construction site after a false ceiling collapsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Five workers have been injured due to the collapse of a false ceiling covering 150 square metres on the construction site for Galaxy Macau phase III. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Macau\u2019s Fire Service Bureau, one of the workers fractured an elbow while one needed to be rescued after being trapped under the collapsed ceiling. The other three suffered minor injuries. The company has urged contractors to investigate the accident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Galaxy Macau Phase III is to feature 1,500 hotel rooms<\/strong>, casino space, a 16,000-capacity arena, and 400,000 square feet (37,161 square metres) of meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, the casino operator&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-macau-casino-resort-completion-delayed\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">put back the completion date for phase III<\/a>&nbsp;to the second half of 2021. However, in August the company said it expected to finish works by early next year although an exact date for the opening was not determined.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-macau-phase-4-to-move-ahead\">Galaxy Macau Phase IV<\/a>\u00a0is scheduled to take around three years\u00a0to complete and <strong>will cost approximately MOP13.01bn (US$1.63bn)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau\u2019s Fire Service Bureau has reported that five workers were injured while working at the Galaxy Macau phase III construction site after a false ceiling collapsed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Five workers sustained injuries, including one severe, following a false ceiling collapse at the Galaxy Macau Phase III construction site. This incident prompts an investigation by contractors and the Fire Service Bureau, potentially impacting the already delayed completion timeline for the integrated resort's new gaming and non-gaming assets.","focusai_entities":"Galaxy Macau, Macau\u2019s Fire Service Bureau","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.75), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Safety Protocol Review","query":"What specific enhancements to construction safety protocols and contractor oversight will Galaxy Macau implement following this incident to mitigate future risks and ensure worker welfare across its development phases?"},{"label":"Project Timeline Impact","query":"How will this construction incident and the subsequent investigation impact the revised completion and opening timelines for Galaxy Macau Phase III, and what are the potential financial implications of further delays on the project's ROI?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[22935,23906],"class_list":["post-24090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-galaxy-entertainment","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24090"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24111,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24090\/revisions\/24111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}