The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Two work-related injuries from gondolas | Labour Department's practice of not disclosing investigation results, groups call for lessons to be learned publicly

2022-06-16T02:57:28.925Z


A rare fatal industrial accident occurred in the London Court of Commonwealth Garden, Conduit Road, Mid-levels of Hong Kong Island. When two workers in their 50s inspected and tested the gondola hanging from the outer wall of the building, the gondola suddenly fell. fall


A rare fatal industrial accident occurred in the London Court of Commonwealth Garden, Conduit Road, Mid-levels of Hong Kong Island. When two workers in their 50s inspected and tested the gondola hanging from the outer wall of the building, the gondola suddenly fell. He fell to the ground and was certified dead on the spot.


Xiao Qianwen, director-general of the Industrial Casualty Rights Association, said in Hong Kong and Taiwan's "Millennium Times" this morning that the gondola involved was moved to the roof for installation, or was improperly designed, and the components of the gondola might fall down due to overload.

In addition, the gondola steel cable and the independent safety rope were both broken. She speculated that it might involve negligence. However, the Labour Department will not disclose the results of the investigation report, so it is difficult to draw lessons from it, and she calls on the Labour Department to change its practice and disclose the content.


+2

Xiao Qianwen said that, based on different information channels, the exterior wall was being repaired at that time, the gondola was installed and designed by the gondola company, and the workers involved were conducting a test run.

She speculated that, different from the method of hanging along the ground, the gondola involved this time was moved to the roof for installation, or it was related to the narrow ground and the adjacent parking lot entrances and exits. It won't hurt in an incident." She said that the gondola may have been improperly designed and not properly loaded, causing the gondola components to fall.

She also mentioned that the gondola steel cable and the life-saving safety ropes of the two operators were broken at the same time, citing the opinion of industry experts that the situation was rare. It is believed that the safety rope may not be used independently, or it may be caused by the "throwing" of the roller assembly and the failure of the steel cable to function. It is believed that negligence may be involved.

Xiao Qianwen, Director General of the Labour Rights Association (File photo/Photo by Huang Baoying)

However, she said that the Labour Department has never released industrial accident investigation reports, the public has no way of knowing the cause of the incident, and it is difficult to draw lessons from it.

Two dead in gondolas | Two families lost close relatives and relatives return to the accident scene, two dead in gondolas | Family mortuary saddened to recognize bodies Engineer: It is not ruled out that the installation or process went wrong and the two dead on the gondola were injured | The two deceased grieved for the family of the gondola test workers and cried for the two dead on the gondola.

Source: hk1

All news articles on 2022-06-16

You may like

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.