Tower crane rotates onto the street: Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directed an inspection after Nghe An Newspaper reported

(Baonghean.vn) -Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong has issued an official dispatch directing timely inspection and remediation to ensure the safety of people and property, safety of houses and construction works, especially during the rainy and stormy season after Nghe An Electronic Newspaper published an article reflecting "Road users worried as many tower cranes rotate onto the road".

» Passersby worried when many tower cranes rotate onto the road

A tower crane rotates onto Lenin Avenue as storm No. 4 is making landfall in the central provinces, of which Nghe An is in the affected area. File photo.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong assigned the People's Committee of Vinh City, districts and towns to direct and organize inspections of the compliance of construction investors using tower cranes with Decree 44/2016/ND-CP of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Labor Safety and Hygiene on technical inspection of labor safety, training in labor safety and hygiene and monitoring of the working environment; QCVN No. 18:2014/BXD - National technical regulation on safety techniques in construction; Circular No. 04/2017/TT - BXD dated March 30, 2017 of the Ministry of Construction regulating labor safety management in construction; Directive No. 18/CT-UBND dated November 28, 2016 of the Provincial People's Committee on strengthening the management of construction order, ensuring safety in construction works in the province and current legal regulations.

"Resolutely handle violations, require investors to fix them to ensure compliance with regulations. If they cannot fix them and do not comply with regulations, they must be dismantled and must be completed before August 20, 2017, and reported to the Provincial People's Committee before August 30, 2017" - the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee pointed out.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also assigned localities to strengthen inspections and establish timely inspection teams when there are forecasts of bad weather (storms, tornadoes, tropical depressions, etc.). In case any locality has a construction incident that causes insecurity to people and property due to lack of responsibility in management, supervision and urging, the Chairman of the People's Committee of that locality must be responsible before the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the law.

The head of the Provincial People's Committee also assigned the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to strengthen direction and guidance on the implementation of technical safety inspections for machinery, equipment and materials with strict requirements on labor safety for localities, units and investment projects; at the same time, supervise the implementation in accordance with regulations.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong assigned the Department of Construction to strengthen the State management function on labor safety in construction works, review and inspect according to its functions the implementation of construction measures and solutions to ensure labor safety for workers and construction machinery and equipment of projects according to regulations.

The Department of Construction also needs to direct, guide and inspect localities and organizations on labor safety in construction works to ensure timeliness and efficiency; grasp the situation, periodically report monthly the results of implementation to the Provincial People's Committee for timely direction.

Previously, on July 25, 2017, Nghe An Electronic Newspaper had an article reflecting: "Road users worried as many tower cranes rotate onto the road"The content: At the time when storm No. 4 was making landfall in the Central provinces, of which Nghe An province was in the affected area, many tower cranes of a number of projects on Lenin Avenue turned onto the road, causing traffic participants to worry when passing these tower cranes.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee has assigned the Vinh City People's Committee to organize an inspection based on the content reflected by Nghe An Electronic Newspaper, promptly handle and inform the press of the results according to regulations before August 10, 2017./.

Thanh Duy