The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in KZN says the construction incident in Ballito has brought work safety issues back into the spotlight.
IPSS Search & Rescue and IPSS Medical Rescue responded to a construction site on Zen Drive following reports of a sand bank collapsing. Four contractors died while one survived.
The department called for a probe into the Ballito incident after construction workers were working in a residential area on private property on Zen Drive when an embankment collapsed on them.