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Human error responsible for fatal Pasar Rumput accident: Police
A South Jakarta Police investigation has found that human error was responsible for the fatal accident involving an iron bar that fell from the Pasar Rumput low-cost rental apartment construction site. The investigation also found that the construction project lacked adequate safety nets.
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This Oct. 9, 2017 file photograph shows the construction site of the Pasar Rumput low-cost apartment project in [Central Jakarta]. (Antara/Aprillio Akbar)
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South Jakarta Police investigation has found that human error was responsible for the fatal accident involving an iron bar that fell from the Pasar Rumput low-cost apartment construction site. The investigation also found that the construction project lacked adequate safety nets.
Tarminah, 54, was killed on Sunday morning at 9.25 a.m., when she was struck in the head by an iron bar that fell from the construction site as she was passing by on an adjacent street.
Former South Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Mardiaz Kusin Dwihananto, who had overseen the investigation until his recent inauguration as the National Police chief’s personal secretary and coordinator (Koorspripim), said that investigators were looking into two individuals who were allegedly responsible for the iron bar that fell.
"According to witnesses, two iron bars were to be connected, but these two people allegedly miscalculated the movement of the bars, one of which fell [and hit Tarminah]," Mardiaz said during his inauguration as Koorspripim on Thursday, as quoted by kompas.com.
"The two people are the alleged suspects, in addition to a supervisor who was supposed to be supervising the construction since 8 a.m., but did not because he [arrived] late," he said.
Mardiaz also said that the project developer of the rusunawa (low-cost apartment) project had not installed safety nets around the construction site.
"The police are currently focusing on uncovering more information about the incident, the workers who were responsible for the project [when the accident occurred]," he said, and that they would be prepared to name suspects soon.
Project head Made Aribawadana of PT Waskita Karya, the Pasar Rumput project developer, said on Sunday that the company had decided to halt construction to conduct an internal evaluation. (vla)
