Work accident in Yen Bai: Worker escaped death and told of horrifying moment

Workers who were lucky enough to escape the accident at work in Yen Bai recounted the horrifying moment. Too haunted by not being able to save his colleagues, he just wanted to forget that day.

On the morning of April 23, 3 workers fortunately survived a work accident at Yen Bai Cement and Mineral Joint Stock Company and are being treated at the Provincial General Hospital, still in shock from the incident. happened too quickly, claiming the lives of 7 colleagues.

Mr. Pham Minh Duong (26 years old, a maintenance worker) said that according to the production schedule, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. every day, the unit stops operating the grinding rotary kilns because the electricity company recommends using electricity sparingly during work hours. peak hour frame. At this time, after lunch, a crew of 10 workers carries out regular maintenance, changing the lining in the crusher.

"A group of three workers, including myself, Mr. Tuan and Mr. Phan Ngoc Long (43 years old), were assigned to repair outside. The remaining seven people crawled inside the 7m long, 5m high cylindrical machine to replace the panels. the slices were worn out," Mr. Duong recalled.

According to the victim, after turning off the power, the worker will go into the cage to tighten the screws and replace the pads. However, due to carelessness in the process of turning off and on the power, the main engine of crusher No. 3 operated, causing the crusher to move, sweeping away the repairing workers.

"The maintenance process was going normally until the crusher suddenly rotated strongly, knocking people outside to the ground. That moment happened very quickly. When I lay on the ground, I was dizzy and only saw dust around me. blind and screaming for help," Mr. Duong said.

While being treated in the hospital after the accident with Mr. Duong, Mr. Nong Van Tuan (29 years old) shared the moment of unsuccessfully rescuing his colleague on VnExpress. According to Mr. Tuan, when the cement crusher suddenly started operating again, 3 people sitting on the roof of the machine fell from a height of 5m. Myself suffered a twisted leg, while two others were seriously injured and lay still on the spot.

Thinking of the 7 brothers still in the engine compartment, Tuan jumped up and hopped to the control room about 20 meters away. "The incident happened too quickly. The control room was empty at this time, there were too many buttons pressed, so if you saw which button you could press, you pressed it," Tuan said. He also didn't know why the machine was working again, even though before performing maintenance, everyone had turned off the power. Maintenance work has also lasted for half a month.

Mr. Pham Ngoc Long (43 years old) recalled the moment he was thrown to the ground and was seriously injured. He tried to get up and shouted "Turn off the phone", then passed out. Thinking back to that terrible moment, he said, yesterday was the day he wanted to forget the most in his life.

"Just a few seconds of rotating the crusher is enough to kill someone, let alone 30 seconds," a mechanical worker with many years of experience said bitterly, according to VnExpress.

According to a report of the People's Committee of Yen Bai province, at 1:30 p.m. on April 22, at Yen Bai Cement and Mineral Joint Stock Company (headquartered in Yen Binh town, Yen Binh district) a serious occupational accident occurred. seriously causing 10 casualties.

The initial cause was determined to be a problem with the crusher's electric motor. The identities of the 7 people who did not survive were determined to include: NVT (Xuan Lai commune); NVT (Xuan Lai commune); MTH (Xuan Lai commune); LMC (Yen Binh commune); PXT (Thinh Hung commune, Yen Binh district, Yen Bai province), PNL (Yen Bai city) and NDM (Tuy Loc commune, Yen Bai city).

On the afternoon of April 22, Mr. Do Duc Duy - Secretary of Yen Bai Provincial Party Committee directly visited and encouraged injured victims being treated at Yen Bai Provincial General Hospital.

The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee requested the Provincial General Hospital to mobilize maximum means and personnel to provide the best care for patients so that they can be discharged as soon as possible.

Yen Bai Provincial People's Committee decided to support each unfortunate victim 18 million VND for the family to take care of funeral arrangements, and at the same time support each injured victim being treated at the Provincial General Hospital 4 million VND. Yen Bai Cement Company also supported the family of the deceased worker with 200 million VND and the injured victim 50 million VND.