Prosecution of crane collapse case that killed male student

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of November 21, Vinh City Police announced that they had decided to initiate a case to investigate violations of labor safety regulations in the crane collapse of an apartment building project that killed a 10th grade male student on the afternoon of November 14, 2016.

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Previously, on the afternoon of November 14, a group of students from Le Viet Thuat High School (Vinh City) were playing basketball in the gym when suddenly a tower crane from the Truong Thanh 2 apartment and villa construction site next to the school collapsed. The accident caused Tran Van Hai (10A7 student, Le Viet Thuat High School) to die on the spot.

Construction work from July 2016

After the incident, Vinh City Police coordinated with functional forces to examine the scene and investigate the cause.

According to report No. 218/UBND-QLDT dated November 15, 2016 of Vinh City People's Committee, the cause of the accident was determined to be due to subsidence of the tower crane foundation to one side and due to installing the crane on the tower column without installing an anti-roll anchor, causing the tower crane foundation to overturn.

At the time of the accident, the tower crane had just been installed, was being adjusted, and had not yet been put into operation. The project was in the stage of organizing the construction of the foundation of the apartment building (not yet above the natural ground level) and had driven Lasen sheet piles next to the 3-storey school building with a length of about 30m. The project had procedures such as construction planning, appraisal of construction drawing design, fire prevention and fighting approval, etc., but had not yet been granted a construction permit. The tower crane had also not been inspected.

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