Increased serious incidents
Recently, in Gia Vien ward, a particularly serious work accident occurred, causing 3 workers to be injured and die. According to information from Gia Vien Ward People's Committee, at about 22:50 on October 31, at the construction site No. 06B, Lot 30A, New Urban Area, Intersection 5 - Cat Bi Airport, a work accident occurred during construction.
The cause of the work accident was that during the construction process, concrete was poured on the 2nd floor, causing the floor to collapse, causing 2 workers to be stuck inside the project, Mr. D.D.H and Mr. P.V.D (from Cam Thuy restaurant, Thanh Hoa). As a result, both workers died. Another worker, Mr. L.T.Q (Hoa Binh ward, Hai Phong city), suffered injuries to his leg.
Previously, in early 2025, at the May Chai bridge project site, a work accident also occurred, causing a male worker to tragically die.
According to the report on the socio-economic situation in the first 10 months of 2025 of the Hai Phong City People's Committee, in the first 10 months, there were 20 work accidents in the area, killing 20 people. The main areas of labor accidents are construction, mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, and metal smelting. The main cause was determined to be the lack of technical safety measures, workers have not been trained in occupational safety and hygiene. Construction equipment does not ensure safety according to regulations...
Strict control from the licensing stage
In order to prevent occupational accidents and diseases from occurring, the Chairman of the City People's Committee has just issued a directive in Document 2911/UBND-NVKTGS requesting heads of Departments, branches, sectors, People's Committees at the commune level, agencies, units and enterprises to raise awareness and responsibility for occupational safety and hygiene.
Accordingly, the Chairman of the City People's Committee requested the city's departments, branches, sectors and the People's Committees at the commune level to focus on disseminating and guiding legal knowledge on occupational safety and hygiene in accordance with each field and profession; prioritizing employees working without labor contracts, employees working in arduous, toxic, dangerous occupations and jobs with strict requirements on occupational safety and hygiene.
Units proactively review, inspect, and strictly manage projects and construction works assigned by departments, branches, sectors, and commune-level People's Committees as investors; seriously fulfill the responsibilities of investors, promptly rectify, suspend, and strictly handle violations. At the same time, step up inspection and supervision of units and enterprises operating in sectors and fields at high risk of fatal labor accidents, such as: Construction, mechanics, metal smelting, transportation and port services, construction materials production, transportation and electricity supply. From there, review and strictly handle violations of occupational safety and hygiene; promptly commend collectives and individuals who have performed well, have many solutions and initiatives in occupational safety and hygiene.
The Chairman of the City People's Committee also assigned specific tasks to departments, branches and localities in carrying out the task of raising awareness and responsibility for occupational safety and hygiene.
The Department of Construction strengthens direction and guidance on regulations on labor safety management and construction environment in construction works; closely inspects and supervises compliance with legal regulations on safety in construction...
The City Police strengthen guidance, inspection, and handling of violations of regulations on fire prevention, fighting, and security and order. Commune-level People's Committees will step up propaganda, especially focusing on guiding regulations on construction order management, labor safety and environmental sanitation right from the licensing and construction announcement stage. Along with that, promote the supervisory role of unions and communities, promptly detect and reflect cases of occupational safety and hygiene, especially in the construction of individual works, proactively handle serious incidents according to regulations and report to the Department of Home Affairs if exceeding the authority...
