Shenzhen landslide was ‘a work safety incident’
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A LANDSLIDE that left dozens missing in south China’s Shenzhen was a work safety incident, not a geological disaster, a State Council investigation team said yesterday.
The tragedy was caused by the collapse of a huge pile of construction waste, rather than any natural geological phenomenon, it said.
Soil was illegally piled 100 meters high at an old quarry site and turned to mud during rain on Sunday morning, according to a report in the Global Times.
Seven bodies have been found so far and 75 people are still listed as missing. Only one person, Tian Zeming, made it out alive after the young man was pulled from the debris on Wednesday morning.
The State Administration of Work Safety will lead an investigation into the accident.
“The investigation will start immediately. Those responsible for the incident will be seriously punished in accordance with laws and regulations,” the State Council statement said. The pile of construction waste collapsed on Hengtaiyu industrial park in the city’s Guangming New District on Sunday, covering an area of 380,000 square meters and burying or damaging 33 buildings.
Documents on the district’s website show that authorities were aware of problems as early as July. In an announcement dated July 10, officials said work at the site was not being carried out according to approved plans and ordered the Hongao Construction Waste Dump to “speed up” work to bring its operations into line.
The government issued a second warning in September, noting that the dump’s permit to receive waste had expired and authorities had made it clear that dumping should cease.
The city had “pointed out problems at the site and requested steps to correct them,” the investigation team said.
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