A female worker was buried alive while she was working at a construction site in Taoyuan. Rescuers rushed to the scene when they received the report that the site had suddenly collapsed. They spent the entire night searching through the rubble, only to find her body in the early morning. Two other workers falling into the hole have been sent to the hospital. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
A giant hole can be seen in the construction site. On April 30, this construction site for a parking lot for a park in Taoyuan City's Pingzhen District suddenly collapsed. Firefighters spent the entire night searching through the rubble, and discovered the body of a worker in the early hours of May 1. Her family members, who had spent the entire night at the scene hoping for good news, were devastated.
I didn't sleep the entire night, I spent the whole night there with my son and daughter. The owner of the construction company told me that he would make sure the follow-up is satisfactory.
The plan for the parking lot called for three stories underground and two stories aboveground. The Taoyuan City Government put the project out to contract, and construction began in May 2019 and was scheduled to be completed before the end of 2020. On April 30, underground roof plates suddenly collapsed during backfilling, and one road roller, one freight truck, and two excavators fell into the resulting hole. This accident also injured two workers and killed one.
The engineers' association will come today to inspect the site and determine the reason for the accident. We carried out the construction in accordance with the plans, and the structural load was greater than the original plan.
Construction has been suspended, and on-site safety controls have been strengthened. The constructor says it followed plans, the cause of the accident is under investigation, and it will assist the victim's family with funeral arrangements.