Inspections ordered after falling sign tragedy
THE Shanghai government has ordered all official bodies to take precautions against falling objects after a collapsed signboard claimed three lives on Sunday in a popular downtown tourist area.
A notice issued by the General Office of the Shanghai People’s Government yesterday urged authorities to take safety precautions and eliminate other potential falling hazards.
Authorities should step up inspections on all objects at height and rectify any problems, the notice said. Objects at height include shop signboards, external air-conditioning units, curtain wall glass and lamp boxes.
The notice also said that authorities should pay special attention to outdoor hanging objects in popular commercial streets and other crowded public areas, as well as those attached to old buildings.
Those who failed to carry out such inspections would be held accountable, the notice added. It also called for a long-term inspection mechanism to eliminate further accidents involving falling objects.
Three pedestrians died in an accident at around 9:40pm after the signboard of a shop at 132 Nanjing Rd E. toppled down, according to a statement posted on the official Weibo account of the information office of Huangpu District.
The accident site is less than 300 meters from two iconic tourist attractions, the Bund and the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall.
Six other people were injured by the falling signboard and were taken to hospital. They are in stable condition now, the statement said.
The local administration of work safety has launched an investigation into the accident, according to the statement.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
- RSS
- |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证:沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证:31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证:0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证:沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证:沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.