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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
XINING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) — The people's government of northwest China's Qinghai Province has formed an investigation team after a fatal accident at a bridge construction site on Friday, the provincial emergency management department said.
As of 6 p.m. Friday, 12 people had been confirmed dead and four were still missing after steel cables snapped during tensioning work on a bridge under construction on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway in Jainka County, Huangnan Tibet Autonomous Prefecture.
The failure resulted in the collapse of the 108-metre main rib of the steel girder. There were 16 workers at the scene at the time of the accident.
An official investigation into the incident has been launched. The investigation team includes four specialized units that are involved in the coordination, technical analysis, control check and evaluation of the rescue operations.
A report on the causes and circumstances of the accident and the persons responsible, as well as recommendations for disciplinary and legal measures, will be published shortly.
In addition, on Saturday, China's Ministry of Emergency Management said that the Office of the Workplace Safety Commission of the State Council had set up a task force with relevant departments to lead the investigation into the tragedy. –0–
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