Platform collapse incident of a power plant in Jiangxi, China

Xiang-Hao Zhao (), Wen-Chieh Cheng (), Jack S. Shen () and Arul Arulrajah ()
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Xiang-Hao Zhao: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Wen-Chieh Cheng: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jack S. Shen: Swinburne University of Technology
Arul Arulrajah: Swinburne University of Technology

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2017, vol. 87, issue 2, No 35, 1259-1265

Abstract: Abstract This short communication gives a brief report of a recently anthropic hazard of collapse of a working platform for a cooling tower during construction in the city of Fengcheng in Jiangxi Province, China, which occurred on November 14, 2016. This collapse resulted in 74 people dead and 2 people injured. This short communication presents the accident background, accident scene, and related emergency response at first. The main reason for this collapse is the reduction in construction duration and lack of scientific management. Following control measures of this kind of collapses in the future are proposed: (1) to establish more meticulous laws to keep the rational profit of contractor; (2) to establish more strength punishment law; (3) to conduct site inspection during each step of significant construction; and (4) to train construction labors including both technical and law senses. By conducting these scientific management measures, the sustainable development can be achieved and benefits for the mitigation of construction induced hazards in China.

Keywords: Collapse accident; Casualties; Fengcheng Plant Project (III); Scientific management; Countermeasures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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