Chinese construction company fined 50,000 GEL for violating safety rules, resulting in death of worker
China Railway 23rd Bureau Group Co is building the Kvishkheti-Zvare tunnel. As of today, construction work has been suspended. Photo: Imedinews.ge.
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The Labor Inspection Department has fined the Georgian branch of Chinese company China Railway 23rd Bureau Group Co 50,000 GEL ($16,845/€15,326) for violating work safety rules that caused the death of one worker, announced the Georgian Ministry of Health.
China Railway 23rd Bureau Group Co is building the Kvishkheti-Zvare tunnel. As of today, construction work has been suspended.
The inspection revealed violation of safety rules, in particular, the use of damaged, amortized, technically faulty heavy equipment, workplace safety violations, and inaccurate/incomplete identification of hazards”, said the Georgian Ministry of Health.
The Labor Inspection urges all employers to follow safety rules and says that Labor Inspection will use all mechanisms to fulfill fundamental human rights as safe working environment.
The construction of a three-kilometre bypass road in the popular ski resort town of Bakuriani has opened, and will hopefully lead to a decrease of large traffic jams during the winter season, the Georgian Municipal Development Fund announces.
An agreement to build a 9-km tunnel on the Kvesheti-Kobi road was signed today by Chinese company China Railway Tunnel Group Co., LTD (CRTG) and the Georgian Ministry of Infrastructure, announces the Roads Department of Georgia.
Travellers headed for Georgia's famous ski resort of Bakuriani will soon be able to drive on a new bypass that detours the resort, passes through the forest and ends up in the Didveli ski zone.
Chinese company China Railway 23rd Bureau Group Co will build a new 13 km-long Kvesheti-Kobi road in Georgia, announces the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia.
The Labour Conditions Inspection Department carried out a total of 1,254 inspections and reinspections at construction sites in 2019, says the Ministry of Health.
The amount of injured people on worksites decreased by 16 per cent in 2019, while the amount of people killed at worksites decreased by 25 per cent, says Labour Conditions Inspection Department.