Six months for bridge inquiry

Shaun Smillie | 29 October, 2015 00:18

This inquiry will focus on whether the client, contractor, supplier and the agent who dealt with the contractor followed regulations. File photo
Image by: Moeletsi Mabe

The Department of Labour believes it will take six months to complete the investigation into the collapse of the pedestrian bridge on the M1 highway that claimed two lives.

"We are gathering further evidence to get to the bottom of what transpired," he said, adding that the department would be conducting a formal inquiry in terms of section 32 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

This inquiry will focus on whether the client, contractor, supplier and the agent who dealt with the contractor followed regulations.

The inquiry's results would be handed over to the NPA, Szana said.

Two people died and 19 were injured in the incident, which took place on October 14, when a pedestrian bridge collapsed on two vehicles close to the Grayston Drive offramp, near Sandton
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