China News Service, August 16 According to the website of the Shanxi Emergency Management Department, on August 16, Shanxi Province announced the investigation report on the August 29 major collapse of the Juxian Hotel in Xiangfen County, Linfen City.

After investigation, it was determined that the accident was an illegal construction of land due to violations of laws and regulations, and in the absence of professional design and unqualified construction, there were many blind renovations and expansions, and the quality of the building had serious defects, which led to some constructions in the business activities. The production safety liability accident of the collapse of the material.

The picture shows the scene of the accident.

Photo by Li Tingyao

  At about 9:40 on August 29, 2020, a collapse occurred in the Juxian Hotel in Chenzhuang Village, Taosi Township, Xiangfen County, Linfen City, resulting in 29 deaths, 28 injuries and a direct economic loss of 11.6435 million yuan.

  After the accident, the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, sent a working group to the scene immediately to guide rescue and after-care work. The National Health Commission dispatched a medical expert group to guide the treatment of the wounded.

The relevant leaders of the provincial party committee and government immediately rushed to the scene, directed emergency rescue, visited and condoned the injured, and put forward requirements for the aftermath.

  In accordance with relevant laws and regulations, the provincial government established the provincial emergency department led by the provincial public security department, the provincial housing construction department, the provincial natural resources department, the provincial agricultural and rural department, the provincial market supervision bureau, the provincial fire rescue team, the provincial federation of trade unions, and Linfen City The government is a member unit of the accident investigation team.

At the same time, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision established a responsibility investigation and investigation team to investigate and investigate the suspected violations of laws, disciplines, and dereliction of duty by relevant local party committees, governments, relevant departments, and personnel.

The State Council’s Safety Committee will supervise the investigation of the accident.

  Through on-site surveying and mapping, sampling and testing, analysis and calculation, expert argumentation and inquiries, reading materials, visiting the masses, etc., the accident, its causes, casualties, and direct economic losses have been identified, and the nature and involvement of the accident have been determined. Regarding the hotel’s responsibilities, it has ascertained the management problems of the relevant local party committee, government and relevant departments and related personnel, analyzed the outstanding problems and lessons exposed by the accident, and put forward measures for prevention and improvement.

  After investigation, the direct cause of the accident was the poor structural integrity of the Juxian Hotel. After several illegal additions, the load-bearing brick columns and the second-story roof of the North Building were seriously overloaded. At the same time, the impact of heavy rainfall was not ruled out, which eventually led to the overall collapse.

  For the operators of Juxian Hotel, the public security organs took criminal compulsory measures in accordance with the law, and imposed a fine on Juxian Hotel in accordance with relevant regulations, ordered them to return the illegally occupied land, and demolished houses built on the illegally occupied land within a time limit; for accidents involved 41 of the relevant public officials were given party discipline and government sanctions or admonitions, criticism and education, and ordering inspections.

  The accident investigation team determined that the operator of Juxian Hotel illegally occupied land to build houses; twice obtained unapproved "Land Use Permit for Collective Land Construction" through improper means; refused to implement the illegal occupation issued by the original Xiangfen County Land and Resources Bureau The penalty decision for the construction of a hotel and the "Administrative Ruling" issued by the People's Court of Xiangfen County; the use of rural houses that have not been professionally designed and constructed, and that have not been completed and accepted for business activities.

At the same time, it was determined that the local party committees and governments of Linfen City and Xiangfen County, as well as the village "two committees", land management departments, housing and urban-rural construction departments, and the original industrial and commercial administrative departments did not earnestly perform their work duties and safety supervision responsibilities, and deal with long-standing violations of laws and regulations. Failed to effectively supervise, stop and investigate and deal with, ineffectively investigate and deal with unlicensed business activities, and the investigation and remediation of hidden dangers of rural housing is not strict and detailed.

  The report pointed out that Linfen City and Xiangfen County have not firmly established the concept of safe development, and the awareness of preventing and resolving major safety risks is not strong. Third, the pressure on the “must” is not transmitted enough, and the safety supervision level has failed; failing to perform duties seriously, administrative approval and supervision and law enforcement are not strict; the safety inspection and remediation of rural self-built houses are not effective; the lack of effective guidance and supervision of rural self-built houses, illegal occupation of land The housing phenomenon is more serious; there is a lack of management and control of rural housing construction and rural housing business activities.

  At the same time, the investigation team proposed accident prevention and rectification measures, requiring party committees and governments at all levels and relevant departments to learn lessons from accidents, firmly establish the concept of people first and life first, correctly handle the relationship between safety and development, and consciously strengthen mission responsibility. Earnestly fulfill responsibilities, intensify law enforcement and inspections, carry out a three-year special investigation and remediation of hidden dangers in urban and rural construction and special remediation of production safety, and establish and improve a long-term mechanism to ensure the quality and safety of rural housing.

It is necessary to improve the ability to administer according to the law, resolutely correct outstanding problems such as omissions, chaos, and slow actions in supervision and law enforcement, and severely investigate and deal with those who abuse their powers and pervert the law.