Elevator accident 2 people died in Hanoi

On the evening of May 25, an elevator-related accident in Hanoi killed two young men. Ba Dinh district police said that the two victims were elevator repair workers who were repairing elevators for the project at lane 523 Kim Ma (Ngoc Khanh ward, Ba Dinh) when the accident happened.

Talk to PV Tien Phong, a representative of Ngoc Khanh Ward People’s Committee said, the house has been built for 7 years and strictly complied with the issued construction permit. Recently, the investor only maintained and repaired the elevator system.

“The elevator system is an additional device in the house, not a construction item, so the ward does not know the information”, ward representative said.

Earlier on Kim Ma Street, an elevator in an apartment building had a problem when moving to the 7th floor, leaving two people trapped inside. While climbing out, a girl fell from the 7th floor to the 1st floor through the pit and died afterwards.

Many tragic accidents related to elevator incidents have occurred. Including the crash of a cage hoist in early 2021 at the construction site of the headquarters of the Nghe An Department of Finance, killing 3 people and seriously injuring 8 others. The cause of the incident was that the Company did not have the authority to inspect, but still provided inspection services, so it did not detect the errors of the hoist and the catastrophic consequences occurred.

Currently, there are no exact statistics on the number of families using elevators and installing more in the house. However, according to a representative of the People’s Committees of many wards of Hanoi, the number of families installing more elevators is quite large, especially with adjacent houses and tube houses 4-6 floors high for convenient living and maximum exploitation of the area. area of ​​the house when renting.

Worry about elevators single house

Do Thi Nhung, a member of the apartment management board in Nam Tu Liem district, said that for apartments, technicians come to maintain the elevator system every month. Elevator maintenance fee is taken from the maintenance fund of the apartment. Each time of maintenance, the Management Board will notify residents to use another elevator during the maintenance period.

“Elevator is an important device that affects people’s daily life and lives, so it is always paid special attention. However, in some cases of unexpected problems, the maintenance unit is still there to handle it in a few hours.” Nhung shared.

Contrary to apartment elevators, elevators in individual houses are almost unmanaged. A representative of the Hanoi Department of Construction said that when granting construction permits for individual housing projects, there is no license for elevators. Because the elevator is just a construction device that is not in the list of construction permits. Currently, elevators are regulated on inspection by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

A representative of the Hanoi Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said that after the fatal elevator accident on Kim Ma Street happened, the Department’s Inspector had set up an inspection team to investigate this incident. After the results are available, the press agency will be informed.

According to regulations, elevators belong to the list of machines, equipment and materials with strict requirements on occupational safety issued by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. The installation, inspection and use of elevators are specifically regulated by Circular 12/2021/TT-BLDTBXH stipulating the inspection process number QTKD: 02-2021/BLDTBXH, effective from 15/11/2021 .

A representative of VinaControl Certification and Inspection Joint Stock Company said that elevator inspection is a mandatory regulation according to the State’s regulations. This is done periodically in buildings, offices and businesses. But for houses, most only require repair and maintenance when there is a breakdown or breakdown.

According to this unit, the new elevator will have a 3-year inspection period. For elevators that have been used for more than 10 years, the period of periodic inspection is 2 years and there is 1 year left for elevators that have been used for more than 20 years. Regarding the responsibility of the inspection unit for the elevators that have expired the inspection period, this person said:

“Accreditation is a service, so the family can completely hire another unit with sufficient functions to conduct the inspection. Therefore, it is difficult to track whether these elevators are inspected or not.”