Construction firm fined NT$1.11 million after deadly metro accident

Construction firm fined NT$1.11 million after deadly metro accident

2023-05-11

Service has resumed on the Taichung Metro after its deadly accident on Wednesday. A train had crashed into a construction crane’s boom, killing one passenger and injuring 10 others. The accident paralyzed the section of track stretching from Taichung City Hall to Jiuzhangli Station. After 18 hours of repairs, a 250-person crew restored service at 6 in the morning on Thursday. City and central government have issued stiff fines on the construction company involved, amounting to a total of NT$1.11 million.

Taichung MRT executives observe a moment of silence for the victims of Wednesday’s accident, which left one dead and 10 injured. The crash left passengers terrified and shut down service on the Green Line. A 250-person crew completed repairs lasting 18 hours. At 4 in the morning on Thursday, the damaged train, which had derailed in the accident, was towed away from the tracks.

Following careful inspections of the tracks and electrical equipment, engineers gave the all-clear by 5 a.m.

Otis Sheu
Taichung MRT head of operations
The operation was completed roughly at 4:30 a.m. today. After that, we did some dynamic testing to confirm that trains could travel safely. We announced that trains would resume at 6 o’clock.

According to preliminary estimates, the accident affected 20,000 passengers. Officials have suspended work at the crane’s construction site, citing the severity of the injuries and loss of life. The city government and labor ministry have both hit the construction firm with heavy penalties. The city wrote a NT$810,000 fine for violating the Building Act, while labor ministry imposed NT$300,000, for a total of NT$1.11 million. Further penalties will be determined based on the findings of an ongoing investigation.

The Taichung MRT plans to seek full compensation from the construction firm.

Lin Liang-tay
Taichung MRT chairman
We will certainly seek compensation from the company in question. Based on our preliminary estimate, the amount of compensation will be over NT$200 million.

On Wednesday night, police summoned eight contractors for questioning, including one surnamed Tsai. They are being investigated by the Taichung District Prosecutors Office for causing serious injury, negligent homicide, and offenses against public safety.

中捷遭砸1死10傷"今晨6點發車" 建商挨罰111萬

2023-05-11

週三台中捷運綠線車廂，遭高空吊臂重砸釀1死10傷，市政府站到九張犁站間，暫停通車，經過18小時的漏夜搶修，週四早上6點的首發列車雙向正常發車，全線恢復運行，而這起公安意外，中央勞動部和台中市政府也對建商祭出重罰，共裁罰111萬。

台中捷運公司高層和主管一字排開，替中捷意外罹難者默哀。意外釀成1死10傷，嚇壞搭車旅客，連同台中綠線捷運跟著停擺無法運行，經過18小時漏夜搶修，出動250名人力，清晨4點多，遭到撞擊而毀損的列車，被工程車拖離開軌道。

經過工程人員仔細巡軌、電力設備檢查，清晨5點鐘確定一切設備都安全無虞。

[[台中捷運公司運務處長許泰銘]]
“整個作業就是，大致上今天凌晨4點半完成，完成之後我們也做了些動態測試，確認列車行經過程是沒問題的，宣布在6點恢復正式營運。”

初估意外事故，影響2萬旅客搭乘。而釀禍工地目前被勒令停工，釀成嚴重死傷，市府和勞動部更祭出重罰，重賠重求償的原則，市府依違反建築法罰81萬，勞動部開罰30萬，總計111萬，未來將視調查查處結果，決定進一步的懲處和裁罰金額。

中捷公司也將求償到底。

[[中捷公司董事長林良泰]]
“我們一定會跟相關的廠商求償，初步估計求償金額會達到兩億元以上。”

週三晚間，警方連夜傳喚工地蔡姓包商等8人到案說明，週四一早依傷害、過失致死及公共危險等3罪，移送台中地檢署偵辦。

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