Partial Scaffolding Collapse in Taoyuan; Road Closure In Place 桃園拆除工程外牆鷹架傾倒 緊急封路

Just days after a 40-year-old hotel in Hualien City toppled into the street during its demolition, a similar incident took place in Chungli District of Taoyuan, with scaffolding around the building collapsing due to strong wind. Luckily no one was hurt.

There was a partial scaffolding collapse of a building that has been undergoing demolition work nearby a gas station on Longgang Road in Chungli District. Pieces of the structure stopped short of falling on the sidewalk as they got stuck on the telephone wires in between the poles. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Residents are especially worried about demolition accidents after what had just happened in Hualien.

Chungli resident："The scaffolding just fell all of a sudden yesterday. Everyone is nervous because the hotel in Hualien had collapsed during demolition work just a few days ago. There is a road closure now in place. Power was off last night in the neighborhood and didn't get restored till morning."

Police arrived after receiving a report from residents. They closed off the section of the road affected and ordered a power cutoff. The scaffolding had fallen around 10pm during the night of the 3rd and four cranes were brought in to try to remove the scaffolding. The road was re-opened at 5:30am on the 4th.

Lin Shih-hua, Chief, Construction industry Div., Office of Labor Inspection, Taoyuan："The company providing the demolition service has violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Structures should be dismantled starting from the top and work their way down. A penalty fine between NT$30,000 and NT$300,000 will be given."

The building undergoing demolition is a five-story reinforced concrete building. The Taipei Labor Inspection Office had just inspected the work during the daytime on Oct. 3 and specifically ordered the company to quickly carry on with dismantling structures starting from the top. However, the scaffolding peeled away at nighttime on the same day.  Preliminary investigation showed that the force of the wind was too strong for the scaffolding since the building had already been stripped down to its frames. The labor inspection office has again ordered the company to strictly follow all safety procedures as they proceed with demolition work.

畫面上，明顯看到中壢區龍岡路二段中油加油站旁拆除工地施工架傾倒，壓在一旁的電線桿和電線上，幸好無人傷亡，由於日前花蓮才發生停業飯店，拆除倒塌事件，當地民眾都很擔心害怕。

當地民眾表示：「昨天就忽然間，圍籬就這樣斜過來。因為花蓮的關係，所以大家都很緊張、很害怕，就封路。結果昨天晚上都停電，到早上才來。」

警方接獲民眾報案，3號晚間10點工地鷹架傾倒，警方緊急封路，移除路段配合停電，超過4輛高空吊車到場漏夜進行鷹架移除，4號早上5點半左右解除交通管制。

桃市勞檢處營造業科長 林詩樺表示：「他違反了職安法令規定，拆除結構物必須由上而下來依序拆除。違反法令的部分，我們會依規定，來裁罰3到30萬元的罰鍰。」

拆除建物為地上5層樓RC造建築，勞檢處白天才進行勞檢，要求廠商依規定由上而下拆除，晚間就發生鷹架傾斜意外，初步判斷，疑似結構體下降，但阻擋沙塵的防塵網施工架，沒有跟著一起下降，承受不住風壓而發生傾斜意外，已要求廠商，依安全施工程序進行拆除，避免意外再發生。