7 People Killed In Bridge Collapse In Kunming, Said Project Workers Cut Corners

7 People Killed In Bridge Collapse In Kunming, Said Project Workers Cut Corners

Kunming bridge collapse killed seven people, said construction workers cut corners

At 2:20 p.m. on the 3rd Xu, from Yunnan Construction Engineering Services company supporting the construction of the Kunming airport approach bridge collapse took place, leaving a total of seven people were killed and eight were seriously injured and 26 slightly injured.

Yesterday, Kunming, the Yunnan provincial government deployed the new airport under construction, collapsed four rehabilitation approach spans, which require comprehensive organizational Kunming new airport safety inspections, accident Approach works full suspension, all tenders one by one investigation, identify the cause of the accident, after rectification and improve safety measures in order to resume construction.

Currently, all new airport construction project under construction has now been suspended, and one by one to carry out safety inspections. Cause of the accident by the safety administration in Kunming Organization survey, from the design, construction, geological conditions, and find the cause of the accident fully.

Lucky: on trips to the bathroom have dodged a bullet

Zhangfa Song and his wife Jang Mi-Ran may be the most fortunate of the fortunate. Work is the bridge, he went in a bathroom accident, escaped the collapse of the bridge the robbery, but his wife fell from the bridge, only the hands and legs were injured.

Zhangfa Song recalls that he and his wife work with the bridge, he suddenly felt stomach problems, you walk to the toilet for about 5 minutes away easily. Time of the accident, is the toilet, he heard a loud bang collapse.

“At that time I heard ‘H’ a crash, from the window that approach part of the dust kicked up.” Zhangfa Song said he regain consciousness immediately, and together with other workers to be able to back, can help The injured, transferred to a safe location as soon as possible.

Investigation: to find out the reasons for today’s fastest

After the accident, the Yunnan provincial government and timely deployment of the four follow-up work, one of the best of medical conditions carefully treat the injured, a speedy recovery to the wounded; Second, leniency, favorable treatment and timely payment of pensions, good reception, to appease the families of the victims; Third rapidly identify causes of accidents and shall be held responsible for the accident; 4 is a comprehensive organization of Kunming new airport safety inspections, accident Approach works full suspension, all tenders one by one investigation to identify the cause of the accident, rectification and improve safety measures before they can resume construction.

Present, to persons injured in accidents with stable vital signs, all out of danger.

Yunnan Construction Engineering Services Inc., according to a responsible person said that the reasons for the accident investigation results will be the fastest today.

Workers: jerry-built steel structures Kunming new airport workers, several of anonymity told reporters in the construction of approach bridge collapse, the main reason is the structure of the steel is not strong, you can use one word to describe: cut corners.

According to reports, according to a general rule, when under construction, steel bridge structures, except for vertical steel can have a certain density and height, horizontal steel reinforcement is very strict, so must be reinforced before and after every 1 meter, must be reinforced with a butterfly buckle, but also the upper and lower cross-reinforcement, to form a whole, if a steel is not strong or loose will cause the entire steel frame collapsed.

These workers, the new airport under construction in the build process Approach, there were some women and not trained workers to participate in the phenomenon of steel structures. They believe that a project through the layers of subcontracting, the final price layers also decreased, to labor contractor hands, it is already the lowest, for profit, labor contractor to do is cut corners, installation of steel by reducing the number of to “improve efficiency.”

So good after the steel frame structures, exterior looks compliance, but the existence of the middle of the steel frame is loose in the case, when hundreds of tons of concrete poured to the bridge, vibration, vibration machine has kept , unstable solid steel frame will not move the location, then the entire steel frame will be like dominoes, as meltdown.