14 years after leaving the project manager’s position, they were still held accountable and sentenced!
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In 2006, as the project manager for a decoration project at a commercial plaza, Yang altered the design and construction requirements for the sloped roof in Area C without authorization; he removed the rebar mesh from the cement mortar tile layer and failed to implement any other technical measures. On March 3, 2017, a collapse occurred on the sloped roof in that area, resulting in the death of two people due to mechanical asphyxiation from being crushed by heavy objects. On September 4, 2018, Yang voluntarily went to the Siming Branch of the Xiamen Public Security Bureau to undergo investigation and truthfully confessed to the aforementioned facts. Given that Yang voluntarily surrendered himself and confessed to his crimes truthfully, which constitutes voluntary surrender, he may be given a lighter or reduced punishment in accordance with the law ； The defendant voluntarily pleaded guilty and accepted punishment, thus eligible for a lenient sentence in accordance with the law ； The defendant’s employer has compensated the victim’s family, which may warrant a mitigated sentence. In light of the above, the court renders the following judgment: The defendant Yang is found guilty of the crime of serious safety accidents in construction projects and is sentenced to two years and three months in prison, with a two-year and six-month suspension of execution, as well as a fine of 30,000 yuan.
The contractor cut corners – they should be punished! What about the supervisor? Are they blind? Just signing off casually and calling it acceptable? I think accountability and sentencing are also necessary!
The responsibility for safety lasts a lifetime; there is no way to escape it
In 1999, following the collapse of the Rainbow Bridge in Qijiang, Chongqing, the person in charge of the contractor, the chief designer, the supervision engineer, as well as Lin Shiyuan, former deputy secretary of the Qijiang County Committee, Zhang Jibei, former director of the Qijiang County Urban and Rural Construction Management Committee, Zhao Xiangzhong, former head of the Chongqing Municipal Engineering Quality Supervision Station, and He Jishen, former deputy director of the Qijiang County People’s Congress, were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 6 years to death for crimes such as bribery, dereliction of duty, and causing serious safety accidents in construction projects.