Haunted for life
Five years have passed since the work accident, but Nguyen Trung Ngoc (living in Krong Pak district, Dak Lak ) still cannot forget the biggest event in his life that left him disabled.
A man was electrocuted while working, losing both legs and one arm (Photo: Uy Nguyen).
On an afternoon in April 2017, a friend from the same village asked him to re-roof an old corrugated iron roof. A skilled welder working in a mechanical workshop, he happily accepted the job to earn some extra income.
During the construction process, Mr. Ngoc raised the iron bar high up, causing it to get caught on a high-voltage power line. Immediately, a lightning-like electric current struck him, causing Mr. Ngoc to fall from a great height, electrocuted and burned all over his body.
Discovering Mr. Ngoc’s accident, local people took the victim to the emergency room. Due to severe burns and the possibility of necrosis, Mr. Ngoc was rushed to a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for treatment. Here, to save his life, he had to have both legs and one arm amputated, spending about 400 million VND on treatment costs.
Waking up from the surgery, he saw his body was no longer intact, he cried. From the pillar of the family, he became disabled, having to rely on relatives for all activities.
With the help of many benefactors, Ngoc was later fitted with a pair of prosthetic legs. With legs, he could walk more easily and started doing odd jobs with the hope of earning money to raise his children. Since the day he had the accident, the couple had many conflicts and then separated, each adopting a child.
"Every month, I receive 1 million VND from the government for people with disabilities. I also raise geese and chickens to sell to earn money to send my children to school. The work accident left me with too many losses. If only I had been more careful at work that day, this wouldn't have happened," Ngoc regretted.
Many units take labor safety lightly.
According to a report by the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Dak Lak, in 2022, the whole province had 174/5,700 units reporting work-related accidents, causing 7 workers to die.
Employers and employees sometimes take occupational safety lightly (Photo: Uy Nguyen).
In the first 6 months of this year, based on reports from 134 units, Dak Lak province recorded 2 deaths due to work-related accidents in the processing and manufacturing industry.
Mr. Nguyen Quang Thuan, Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Dak Lak, said that the propaganda on occupational accident prevention in some enterprises is still sketchy and formal. The awareness of employers and employees themselves is not high, and sometimes this work is taken lightly.
Many units have not seriously implemented and are late in submitting reports summarizing the situation of occupational accidents, so the assessment work is not really close to reality.
According to Mr. Thuan, to reduce work accidents, it is necessary to promote training sessions and improve the capacity of officers in charge of occupational safety and hygiene.
In addition, departments, branches, and district-level People's Committees shall strengthen inspections of compliance with labor safety regulations by enterprises operating in fields with high risks of labor accidents, especially in the construction sector and small and medium-sized production facilities.
"It is necessary to propagate and raise awareness of employers and employees about occupational safety, especially in fields that employ many workers in jobs with high risks of accidents and also workers working without labor contracts," said Mr. Thuan.
In addition, units regularly pay attention to and improve working conditions for workers, and guide workers in identifying dangerous factors in the workplace to have effective preventive measures.
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