Three workers die in MRT construction site accidentStaff writer, with CNAThree workers were killed and two injured after scaffolding at a construction site collapsed in New Taipei City’s Sansia District (三峽), the New Taipei City Fire Department said yesterday. New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi, with back to camera, inspects the site of a fatal scaffolding collapse on a Mass Rapid Transit construction site in the city’s Sansia District yesterday. All work at the site has been suspended pending an investigation to determine the cause of the accident, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said. An initial investigation found the cause of the accident to be loose fasteners on a horizontal section of the scaffolding, Occupational Safety and Health Administration head Chiang Tsung-lung (江宗龍) said. Contractor RSEA Engineering Corp (榮工工程) could face a fine of up to NT$300,000 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (職業安全衛生法), if found responsible, he said.

Source: Taipei Times November 20, 2021 17:15 UTC