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To prevent tower crane accidents at construction sites, the government is requiring more frequent and stricter safety inspections for older equipment. However, as a result of the investigation, nearly 200 tower cranes suspected of cheating on the production year to avoid such inspections were discovered.



Reporter Jeong Da-eun covered it.



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14th of last month, while working to raise the height of a tower crane at an apartment construction site in Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, a structure fell, killing two people.



In June, a worker involved in the installation of a tower crane was hit by a steel structure and died.



This year, there were 4 fatal accidents due to tower crane installation, dismantling, and lifting work at the construction site, and 5 people died.



The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport analyzed 5,905 domestically registered tower cranes and found 188 suspected to have falsely registered the production year.



This is a case in which the equipment was registered as manufactured even though it was discontinued or the production serial number and production date do not match.



After 10 years of construction, tower cranes must be moved and tested for safety every time they are installed.



After 15 years, it is inspected for corrosion or cracks every 2 years, and equipment with a usable life of more than 20 years can only be used for an extended period of 3 years only after passing the detailed diagnosis.



If you cheat the year of production to avoid such inspections, the risk lies with the workers.



[Anhyeongjun / former National University of Building Dean: because it means that lies on the year is it does not normally check, so the cause of the accident]



If you have a construction machine to be false erasure register their equipment, and equipment owners in one year Imprisonment or a fine of not more than 10 million won.



The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to revoke the registration of the crane by filing a complaint with the relevant person, such as the owner, and requesting the competent local government to cancel the registration of the crane if it is confirmed that the manufacturing year has been tampered with.



(Video editing: Soyoung Lee, VJ: Hyunwoo Park) 



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