Two workers stranded above 30 floors after gondola failure at Jardine House
On Monday evening, two workers were suspended on safety ropes more than 30 storeys above ground at Jardine House in central Hong Kong. According to preliminary information, the platform fell out of service and stopped.
Abdulrahman Sadikhli1 min read
On Monday evening, firefighters rescued two workers who were suspended on safety ropes more than 30 storeys above ground at Jardine House in central Hong Kong. According to preliminary information, their suspended platform went out of service and stopped.
The incident occurred at around 18:16 at Jardine House on Connaught Road Central. Two men were carrying out technical maintenance work on the building's external facade using a gondola (cradle).
Preliminarily, a malfunction occurred in the platform, and it stopped. The two workers, who were attached to safety ropes, were suspended between the 30th and 40th floors.
One of the workers had been suspended for almost half an hour. He was rescued at around 19:40.
Information on the condition of the workers and on the rescue of the second worker was not provided in the source.
Source: scmp.com
