Crane Accident Claims Life at Zimbabwe Construction Site.
A worker died Monday when a crane fell at the Trabablas Interchange work site in Harare, Zimbabwe. The nation's leaders started looking into what went wrong.
Transport Minister Felix Mhona shared the news Tuesday. He said the crash happened as workers took down the crane. Something broke in the machine. His office wants to know more about what caused it.
The company in charge, Tefoma Construction, gave more details. They said two cranes fell. One was a tower that stayed in place. The other moved around the site. Both came down during the work.
The person who died worked for Manzlink. This smaller company helped Tefoma with crane jobs at the site.
Tefoma leaders said they felt deep sadness about the death. They promised to help the worker's family through this hard time. They said they check their sites often to keep people safe.
The builder wants everyone to know they will share more news as they learn it. They plan to work with those investigating the crash to determine what happened.
Government teams and the company will continue studying the accident. They need to learn how to prevent it from happening again.
A worker died Monday when a crane fell at the Trabablas Interchange work site in Harare, Zimbabwe. The nation's leaders started looking into what went wrong.
Transport Minister Felix Mhona shared the news Tuesday. He said the crash happened as workers took down the crane. Something broke in the machine. His office wants to know more about what caused it.
The company in charge, Tefoma Construction, gave more details. They said two cranes fell. One was a tower that stayed in place. The other moved around the site. Both came down during the work.
The person who died worked for Manzlink. This smaller company helped Tefoma with crane jobs at the site.
Tefoma leaders said they felt deep sadness about the death. They promised to help the worker's family through this hard time. They said they check their sites often to keep people safe.
The builder wants everyone to know they will share more news as they learn it. They plan to work with those investigating the crash to determine what happened.
Government teams and the company will continue studying the accident. They need to learn how to prevent it from happening again.
