Three workers were killed and two injured after scaffolding at a construction site collapsed in New Taipei City’s Sansia District (三峽), the New Taipei City Fire Department said yesterday.
The incident occurred at about 1pm, when the three-story-high scaffolding collapsed for an unknown reason, the department said.
The construction is part of an elevated section of the MRT metro rail’s Sanying Line.
One of the workers who died in the collapse was from Thailand, while the other two were Taiwanese, the New Taipei City Labor Affairs Department said.
The two injured workers one Taiwanese and one Thai had leg fractures, the fire
/ Staff writer, with CNAThree workers were killed and two injured after scaffolding at a construction site collapsed in New Taipei City’s Sansia District （三峽）, the New Taipei City Fire Department said yesterday.
Staff of the New Taipei City Labor Affairs Department celebrate the opening of a new assistance center in New Taipei City’s Banciao District yesterday as part of the agency’s efforts to help retired people aged 55 or older and unemployed people to develop new skills and find jobs, while increasing the labor participation rate of those who are middle-aged and older.