Worker killed after 10m fall
Worker killed after 10m fall
JAKARTA (JP): A construction worker died yesterday after
falling from 10-meter-high scaffolding at a hotel construction
site in South Jakarta, bringing this year's death toll to 101.
The number of deaths has already equaled last year's toll for
all victims of work-related accidents.
The worker in the latest accident was identified as Edi
Suparman, 31, of Jl. PLN at Duren Tiga, South Jakarta.
A staffer at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital's morgue
quoted police officers as saying that Edi was working at the Park
Lane hotel construction site on Jl. Casablanca.
It was believed that he was using inadequate safety gear and
slipped off the scaffolding.
"I didn't notice any bleeding on his body but he must have
fallen head first," an assistant to forensic doctors, Bambang
H.P., said, adding that Edi had suffered severe head injuries.
A man came to the morgue claiming to be the project supervisor
and wanting to claim the body, but morgue staff refused to
release the body as the man was neither a family member nor a
relative.
He also threatened reporters who wanted to take his picture
when he came to identify the worker's body.
Nelce, a woman who admitted being the head of the neighborhood
where Edi resided, later came to the morgue to claim the body.
She said that Edi's supervisor had persuaded her to go to the
morgue.
"He came to my house with Edi's wife, Irah, and asked me to
clear the administrative needs and remove the body as soon as
possible," she said.
However, she did not explain further or identify the developer
that employed Edi.
Edi was the second construction worker to die this week.
Khafidz, a tower crane operator, died on Monday when the
crane's cab plunged 70 meters to the ground.
It is believed that the accident was caused by a damaged crane
axis.
Khafidz was employed by PT Sumicon, the developer of the
Sentral Mutiara building in Mega Kuningan, near yesterday's
accident site.
At least 10 construction workers die in work-related accidents
every month in the capital. Most of the deaths were caused by
poor safety systems and controls. (04)