There is this gigantic signboard at the Burj Dubai construction site that says something along the lines of “This construction site has had zero accidents.”
I’d like to know how Samsung Corporation defines an ‘accident’. I’m eyewitness to at least two accidents. Once, it was a worker cutting his finger off. Granted, Samsung can’t exactly be held liable for that. They have an excellent safety induction programme. You can’t blame them if workers don’t follow instructions. I’ve heard a lot of ‘rumours’ about people falling off and dying. But you can’t blame Samsung for any of that. Not even for the (rumoured) murders of fellow workers by cannibalistic Chinese labourers. After which none of the other workers would share the same labour camp with anyone who even looked remotely Chinese (fact).
Samsung’s excellent safety induction programme, which is conducted in several languages, ends with a few words on how it isn’t Samsung’s liability if you you aren’t following instructions and something bad happens. And since this is the city that cares, they don’t have to pay you any damages for anything at all. I’d be hard pressed to build a case in the UAE’s courts were it my finger that were cut off.
Zero accidents. Who’s to blame for this:
Don’t see it? Let’s take a closer look:
That’s a cement mixer, lying on it’s side. There is no proper access for construction vehicles going into the Burj Dubai construction complex. Never has been.
