A major construction accident occurred on Dec. 1, causing three deaths and four injuries where workers fell into the water from a work platform of a natural gas terminal construction site at the Port of Taipei. As the three workers that died were Thai migrant workers employed by Pan Asia Corporation, the deaths were reported to the New Taipei City Labor Affairs Department. On Dec. 2, the department questioned the owner of the company, while the cause of the accident is still being investigated.
Police return to the site of the construction accident at the Port of Taipei. The accident site where the workers plunged into the water is indicated by the red float. For reasons that remain unknown, the caisson the workers were in sank to the seabed.
(The workers) were in the caisson when the water flooded in. The structure sank almost immediately.
The accident took place at the port's seventh pier, where a natural gas terminal is being built. The retaining structure used as a breakwater and the foundation for a receiving terminal suddenly broke off and sank, taking the seven workers with it. Three Thai migrant workers died, while four were injured. The four remain under observation at the hospital. CPC Corp. says this was not a reserved site for its third natural gas receiving station but a construction site subcontracted to Pan Asia Corp. and Hwang Chang General Contractor Co.
For this kind of accident to happen -- we will have Pan Asia and Hwang Chang actively handling the situation. Our company, (CPC), will also assist.
The three migrant workers were all Pan Asia employees and the case is being handled by the New Taipei City Labor Affairs Department. The department has already interviewed company representatives and is investigating the cause of the accident.