Eighteen injured at “ring-road” construction

13 years, 7 months ago - 13 March 2011

Eighteen workers on new bridge building over the “ring-road” at the rear of the center of international conference Straws were injured in the collapse of a scaffold to 21:00 Friday night.

They closely escaped death. Eighteen workers were injured late in the night of Friday, March 11 in the collapse of scaffolding while pouring concrete on a bridge under construction on the site of the “ring road” Straws. It was around 9:00 p.m. when the accident occurred, dropping these workers from a dozen meters to the ground.

Employees within firms Colas, RehmGrinaker Premix and the other wounded were taken from a heap of scrap metal, concrete and other debris to be sent to the Apollo-Bramwell Hospital for emergency care.

Almost all the injured were subjected to radiological examination to determine if they have suffered fractures. According to a witness of the accident, Hugo Returned, colleagues of the injured had to use grinders -"grinders"- to cut the scrap that held some workers trapped in the debris. In the evening yesterday, the site was temporarily closed to determine the cause of the accident.