Two workers have died within the space of just a few months at the construction site of BYD’s new factory in Szeged, raising serious concerns over safety standards. While construction is widely regarded as one of the most hazardous industries, professional bodies say two fatalities in such a short period is exceptional, even on a project of this scale.
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The National Federation of Hungarian Building Contractors (ÉVOSZ) described the occurrence of two fatal incidents in such quick succession as clearly extraordinary. Its president, László Koji, stressed that neither the size nor the complexity of an investment can ever justify serious workplace accidents. While there is no benchmark for what constitutes an “average” number of accidents on a project of this magnitude, he added, the fundamental principle of occupational safety is that no workplace accident should be considered acceptable.
Series of further accidents
The situation is compounded by a number of additional serious incidents in recent months. In May, a reversing lorry struck a worker, breaking his leg. In late April, three workers were taken to hospital after a vehicle collided with an obstacle, leaving them with head and neck injuries.
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By comparison, the construction of BMW’s plant in Debrecen has seen three workplace accidents, none of them fatal. Only one was classified as serious, involving a worker falling from scaffolding … Suzuki stated that over the past 35 years, including the construction and expansion of its Esztergom plant, there have been no fatal or serious workplace accidents.
As a short notice: I didn’t want to edit the article into, “The Chinese Bastards …”, as this can be done here apparently.