A number of accidents have occurred at urban railway projects in Hanoi recently, causing concern among the public about safety when passing through construction areas.
On May 12, a half-tonne steel girder fell from a crane at the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project, crushing a Honda Civic. No one was injured.
The accident on Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project on May 10
On November 6, 2014, a crane dropped a steel rod at same project, killing motor bike rider Nguyen Nhu Ngoc, 33. Three others were injured.
Also on May 12, a crane at the Nhon-Hanoi station urban railway project fell onto two buildings and two houses in Hanoi's Cau Giay Street, injuring a 26-year-old motorbike driver and a pregnant woman.
Two days earlier, steel sheeting weighing 680kg fell from a crane as it was being hoisted at Station Four of the Nhon-Hanoi urban railway, with one injury.
Hanoi authorities have suspended work at Nhon-Hanoi project pending the outcome of an investigation.
Nguyen Anh Tho, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ Safety Department, told DTiNews the accidents on Cat Linh-Ha Dong was apparently due to violations in the use of lifting equipment and poor safety management.
He said labour inspectors detected nearly 10,000 violations at construction sites, collecting fines of hundreds of billions of VND.
On May 5, a 32-year-old woman and her two children died a crane collapsed on them at an unfenced construction site in the southern province of Dong Thap.
