Breaking harness kills two, hurt two

Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Two construction workers fell to their deaths on Thursday at about 9 a.m. from the fourth floor of the Mediterania Grand Apartment being built on Jl. Tanjung Duren Raya in West Jakarta.

The two dead men were identified as Sudadi and Kasnoto. Also injured in the accident were Suparno and Sakeh. The workers came from Pati, Central Java.

"They were working on an outer part of the building's fourth floor when a bolt that secured their safety belts broke off," said an eyewitness, Sutarwi, a construction worker who accompanied the victims to the Mintohardjo Navy Hospital in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta.

The bodies of Sudadi and Kasnoto will be transported to their hometown of Pati for burial.

Sudadi died shortly after arriving at the hospital with severe head injuries, while Kasnoto died three hours later from internal bleeding.

Suparno and Sakeh suffered serious injuries in the accident are in the intensive care unit at the hospital.

The head of general affairs at property developer PT Persada, Iman Rusmanto, could not be reached for comment.

Other construction workers on the site refused to speak to the press about the accident.

An officer from the Tanjung Duren Police said his office had not received any information about the accident.

It was the seventh fatal construction accident in Jakarta in 2003.

I-box Previous fatal accidents in Greater Jakarta in 2003 .TB1.80" 5.00" Date Incident Site

March 9, 2003 One worker killed after falling Bekasi Mega

onto a high-voltage wire Mall

April 3, 2003 One killed, six injured in WTC Mangga Dua

floor collapse

June 3, 2003 One worker killed after being Gading Serpong

hit by a manhole cover housing complex

June 5, 2003 Two killed, nine injured Gading

when wall collapses Mediterania

on top of them Apartment

June 5, 2003 Two workers electrocuted Gading

Mediterania

Apartment

Sept. 19, 2003 Three killed when debris from Jakarta Outer

a bridge falls on top of them Ring Road in

Bintaro

Sources: The Jakarta Post