The National Police hhas A man has been arrested for the death of a worker last July in a factory in Écija after a 4,000-kilo concrete slab fell.
Officers are also investigating two other people. Alongside the arrested person, They are accused of aggravated murder and another crime against workers’ rights.
The fatal accident occurred in a factory Ecija where prefabricated houses are produced. Another fatal accident had already occurred in the same factory in 2007, recall the sources of the investigation.
The last death occurred on July 23 this year. The emergency services then alerted the national police, who arrived at the scene. There, they found the young man trapped under 4,000 kilos of concrete slabs.
Although they managed to perform resuscitation maneuvers on the young man, they were unable to do anything to save his life. sources in the case add. When the health services arrived, they could only confirm the worker’s death.
concrete slabs
Specialist officers have verified that the accident “occurred following the loading of concrete slabs weighing more than 4,000 kg, carried out by a worker using a crane”.
With the operation of said crane, “the concrete slabs are transported to a truck, where they are placed for transport,” they add. since the investigation into the case.
So the failure was that “while placing the plates on the truck, one of them was not secured or placed correctly, causing it to fall on the driver of the transport truck.”
It was determined by researchers, as well as by the management of the Center for the Prevention of Occupational Risks of Junta of Andalusiathat the fatal event could have been avoided if the minimum safety measures required for these tasks considered dangerous had been respected.
“Imprudence”
This investigation “reveals numerous imprudent actions, as well as negligent behavior” by the company, “that he knew the risks that existed, since this had happened before, and that he could have been more rigorous in preventing anyone from invading the maneuver area.”
The prisoner was placed at the disposal of the investigating court on guard in the city of Écija, decreeing his release with indictment.
