At least three were killed and several injured when the scaffolding at a construction site in Hanoi collapsed on Wednesday, sending a dozen workers to the ground. The accident happened at around 2:00 am at a construction site on To Huu Street in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District, according to district officials. Nineteen men were working on the site at the time of the accident, including twelve workers on the five-meter-high scaffolding and seven on the ground. Three workers were announced immediately dead, while three others were rushed to the hospital with severe injuries. The dead victims have been identified as Tran Van Tuc, 31, Doan Van Manh, 28, and Doan Van Banh, 22, who were all from northern Yen Bai Province. Emergency responders are working to rescue those still trapped under the rubble. The construction site in Hanoi where scaffolding collapsed on January 17, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre Chu Van Duc, chief construction inspector of Nam Tu Liem District, said the construction site belonged to a multi-storey car park developed by Hanoi-based Viet Nhat Investment and Tourism Company. Construction on the parking ramp had begun on November 16, 2017, Duc added. “It is not immediately clear what caused the accident. What we know at the moment is that the workers were in the middle of concreting when the tragedy struck,” Duc said. Authorities inspect the construction site in Hanoi where scaffolding collapsed on January 17, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to… [Read full story]
The scene of the accident where the authorities are scrambling to rescue around 100 workersA scaffolding collapse at Vung Ang Economic Zone in Ha Tinh Province late Tuesday has killed at least 14 construction workers and injured tens of others, officials said.Nguyen Huy Tang of the Ha Tinh border guard said the accident occurred at around 8 p.m. when the workers were building the scaffold, which stood between 30 meters to 40 meters high, in the Ha Tinh Steel Complex & Son Duong Port, invested by Formosa Plastics Group.The collapsed scaffold was part of a project contracted by a labor…... [read more]
NDO - More than 2.4 billion (US$110,400) has been handed to families of victims in the scaffolding collapse in the Vung Ang Economic Zone in central Ha Tinh province. >> Scaffolding collapse kills 13, injures scores in Ha Tinh province The accident happened on March 25 when more than 40 workers were working on scaffolding at a height of 20-30 metres. According to initial reports, 14 were killed but officials later confirmed that the death toll from the incident was 13. Meanwhile 28 injured workers are being treated at hospitals in Ha Tinh province and Hanoi. The support money was…... [read more]
The accident occurred at 6:30 am when a lot of workers were working on the scaffolding for the construction of Saigon South Office 1 building on Nguyen Van Linh Street in Tan Phong Ward in District 7, according to the Management Authority for Southern Area Development of Ho Chi Minh City.Rescuers found seven victims under the debris, of whom three were already dead while the other four were injured, said Ha Phuoc Thang, head of the agency.The deceased victims were Nguyen Cao Ky, 23, Duong Van Nghia, 39, and Dang Van Hai, 59, Thang said.All the four injured workers were…... [read more]
Two workers were killed and four others injured when scaffolding collapsed at an office and apartment building project in Hanoi's Hoang Mai District this morning, October 13. The office and apartment building project where the accident happened on October 13 morning The accident happened at 5am when the workers were pouring concrete on the sixth floor of the Eco Green Tower at 1 Giap Nhi Street in Thinh Liet Ward. Police in Thinh Liet Ward confirmed to Dan Tri/DTiNews that two workers had been killed on site and four others injured and had been rushed to a nearby hospital. According…... [read more]
Part of the scene of the scaffold collapse at the construction site of the Son Duong Port in the Police officers in the north-central province of Ha Tinh on Tuesday announced a decision to commence criminal proceedings for the collapse that they said has signs of criminal offenses.“The case is no longer a mere accident. Police have determined that there are criminal signs in it and have therefore kicked off criminal proceedings,” said Colonel Bui Dinh Quang, deputy director of the Ha Tinh Police Department.An Ninh Thu Do (Capital Security) newspaper cited surviving workers as saying that when dozens of them…... [read more]
