Labourer Dies After 6th Floor Fall, Workers Turn Violent In Gurgaon

Team,

Labourers alleged that the contractor did not provide them with adequate safety equipment. "Hasan was breathing when he fell. The contractor and the management's employees kept watching this instead of taking him to the hospital," said labourers Jeetu and Shamsher. "If he had reached the hospital on time, his life could have been saved," Shamsher said. The developer, however, claimed Hasan was immediately taken to a private hospital in its ambulance.

Some others demolished a portion of the housing project while many blocked the road and vandalized several vehicles, including a BMW.

Its project run by Great L&T. . .

Dear,

Thanks for sharing the incident news with us. A very unfortunate one. Let's pray for the soul of the victim.

You see, in the entire news, all were mentioning about the post-injury management, but nobody mentioned why this fall took place. What was the root cause and all.

However, we can hope that the management of L&T will take preventive and corrective actions to prevent the recurrence of such incidents in their construction sites.

In Gujarat, on 3 March 2009 night at L&T site, Hajira, two workers fell from a height. Ajay Yadav, 23, died on the spot, and Shyambahadur was seriously injured. On 4th March, National Safety Day was celebrated, but workers resorted to vandalism. Twenty cars were damaged, and security personnel and police were injured in the stone pelting. Workers even set fire to a police van. It is reported that the workers demanded compensation and treatment expenses, which the contractor refused.

I am aware of at least four similar incidents where workers turned violent following fatal accidents at work:

1. May 6, 2009, Mundra (Kutchchh, Gujarat) - Adani power plant construction site.
2. November 2008 - ABG Shipping, Magdalla (Surat).
3. September 1998 - Reliance, Jamnagar.
4. Reliance Hajira - 1995.

I have newspaper clippings related to these incidents. If someone is interested in conducting research, I can provide them.

Dear Raghu,

While at the Jamnagar Refinery project, I observed that the L&T safety culture only appears on paper. The practical implementation of safety measures seemed lacking.

Kind regards,
[Your Name]

Dear PTRC,

Nice to see you after a very long time. In our country, we always have such kinds of problems; most of them blame companies only. I remembered Mr. Sudhir or Mr. Kesava Pillai said this on one thread, "I strongly believe changes start from mine." I hope the same as well. Our culture is totally different from others; we need to take care of ourselves. You mentioned L&T incidents as a good example; it's one of the biggest groups in India, and they have good culture. I believe 90% of accidents or incidents happened in L&T due to workers not following the procedures. I am not blaming them 100%; I just said they are also a reason for accidents and incidents.

Anyhow, Mr. PTRC, please share the videos as mentioned with me. I am available at raghu.safety@gmail.com. Keep in touch...

In Gujarat, on 3 March 2009 night at L&T site, Hajira, two workers fell from height. Ajay Yadav, 23, died on the spot, and Shyambahadur was seriously injured. On 4th March, National Safety Day was celebrated by workers' vandalism. Twenty cars were broken down. In stone pelting, security and police were injured, and workers put a police van on fire. It is said that workers demanded compensation and expenses for treatment to which the contractor refused.

I know of at least four such incidents when workers went on violence following fatal accidents at work:
1. May 6, 2009, Mundra (Kutchchh, Gujarat) Adani power plant construction site.
2. Nov 2008, ABG Shipping, Magdalla (Surat).
3. September 1998, Reliance Jamnagar.
4. Reliance Hajira 1995.
I have all the clippings if someone wants to take up research; I can supply.

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Dear Manish,

Absolutely not, Mr. Manish. It's one of the leading companies in our country. We cannot blame management for everything, especially in L&T construction. It's very challenging to monitor our workers at all times. Do we have rules in our country that every 50 employees should have a safety officer like this?

When I last visited India, in Chennai on the Vellore highway, L&T was very busy starting construction projects, installing barriers (I hope they withstand more than 300 lbs), signboards, and deflective signs. I observed that the public often removes barriers and damages signs. In such cases, if someone crosses the road or falls into a trench, who is to blame for L&T's safety culture?

This is just my perspective.

Keep in touch.

Dear All,

At present, Mumbai-Nasik 4-way Highway construction is ongoing. This work is being done by L&T. They have a very good safety system, which is evident. They control the traffic very well.

Dear PTRC,

Please forward the video to [Login to view] too.

Regards,
Sudhir

I am surprised to see the demands from Raghu and Sudhir for the video from me. Please show me in my communication if I ever offered a video. I have no video of the incidents I mentioned.

From times immemorial, trips and falls are two of the most frequent hazards in the construction domain as per NIOSH. It's another thing most companies cut corners.

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