At the end of the year and the beginning of the next year, please keep this safety guide!

According to CCTV News, on the afternoon of December 18, a highway bridge in Ezhou, Hubei Province, overturned. According to the latest news, the accident has caused 4 deaths and 8 injuries. The specific casualties are subject to further verification, and the cause of the accident is under investigation. According to the Ministry of Transport, the bridge is 731.08 meters long and was completed and opened to traffic on September 28, 2010. The bridge deck is 13 meters wide, and the bearings use pot-type rubber bearings, and the expansion joints use comb-shaped steel plate expansion joints.

The upper structure is steel box girder and continuous cast-in-place box girder, and the lower structure is double-column pier and single-column pier, with a design load of 55 tons for highway level 1. At present, the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport has led bridge experts to the site.

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The end of the year and the beginning of the next year are the peak periods for production safety accidents. Production safety is no small matter. Please keep this "Nine Preventions" strategy!

Comprehensive compilation by the Publicity and Education Center of the Ministry of Emergency Management