Bad, Mad and so Sad
The project I am working on is having some construction work done in China. The company doing thet work, for us, employs many contractors, and on Friday morning, three of them were killed. The work they were doing, involved them having to wear hoods, to which an air hose is connected, providing them with a continuos supply of air to breath. It appears that, somehow, someone had manage to connect the air hoses to a supply line of argon, a gas used for welding.Needless to say, this just shouldn't be possible, but it did happen. We have warned the construction company about their safety practices so many times, and still there doesn't seem to be any improvement, and now, three people will not return to their families.
I can't really put into words, how I feel about this - angry, disappointed, frightened for the safety of other people, bitter about the construction company's attitude, amazed at the stupidity shown in the accident, just so many different emotions. Needless to say we have pulled all our staff off that worksite, until we can be assured about their safety.
posted by Luke @ 2:37 AM
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I can understand your feelings very well.
The point is for WHOLE CHINA:
When will they really learn + understand it that there are safety standards ?
I have just been shown a photo of the two connections to which the hose should have been connected and the one it was connected to. And, they are the same! Just a straight forward flange with four bolt holes in it. I am totally gobsmacked! Central government safety inspectors are on site now, and I hope they come down like a ton of bricks on whoever allowed similar connections to be used.
As usual the foreman has been taken into custody and the manging director of the contracting company has resigned.
There are still a lot of questions to answer.
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