Hanoi authorities will suspend crane operations at local construction sites during daylight hours after a series of accidents on the city’s urban railway projects.
Nhon-Hanoi station urban railway project
The municipal People’s Committee has restricted crane operations to the hours of 10:00pm to 6:00am, with warning systems and traffic safety measures.
The Department of Construction and the Department of Transport wants fences and better safety levels at construction sites.
Authorities were critical of management and supervision of work on the Nhon-Hanoi Station urban railway project.
Two contractors, Posco and Daelim, admitted responsibly for accidents, in which cranes dropped heavy steel girders and sheeting, and were fined. They will be barred from future state-funded city projects if there are any further safety violations.
Municipal police will set up a taskforce to inspect construction at the Cat Linh-Ha Dong and Nhon-Hanoi station urban railway projects.
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. At the Nhon-Hanoi station project , there were two accidents, on May 10 and 12, when a crane toppled over, and another dropped steel sheeting.
