half ton cement Falling over worker killed

A large slab used to attach the railing of the bridge. weighs more than half a ton Falling down on the worker died. at the construction site of a new bridge over the Bang Khwan Canal Mueang Chachoengsao District The foreman revealed that the crane driver was not used to swinging the crane.

At 10:00 a.m. today, the police station of Muang Chachoengsao Received notification of an accident where a plaster plate stuck to the railing of the bridge fell onto the worker and died. in the area of the bypass road – Bang Kwan New bridge construction point across the Bang Khwan Canal, Bang Khwan Subdistrict, Mueang Chachoengsao District

At the scene, workers put the body of the deceased in the back of a pickup truck. to be taken to the hospital But the wounded died first. From the examination, it was found that a 43-year-old Myanmar worker had a large wound on the head.

From examining the accident scene, a large crane was parked. Next to it was a large concrete mortar tank. And a cement plate, size 1.20X1.70 meters, weighing about 500 kilograms, which is a cement plate used to attach to the railing of the bridge above, falling down until it cracks. There were also large amounts of bloody glasses of the deceased.

Inquiring about the foreman, it was revealed that at the time of the incident, the crane driver drove a crane to lift the concrete tank to be poured on top of the bridge being built. But while lifting The concrete bucket hit the concrete slabs that were placed to cover the railing of the bridge until it fell onto the workers who were walking in the area to their deaths. It is expected that the crane driver may not be familiar with swinging the crane. therefore hurling the crane to hit the edge of the bridge rail

Yesterday, employees were trained on safety. But during the incident He himself did not know why the deceased walked there. As for the plasterboard, it was already welded before. going to merge the remainder, hold on firmly but came to an accident before

Initially, the police sent the body of the deceased to keep at Phutthasothon Hospital. in order to wait for relatives to come and contact them to perform religious merits Ready to invite the crane driver to investigate further at the Chachoengsao Provincial Police Station. Legal prosecution .- Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency