Zhao hasn't understood what this is all about. After a loud bang, my uncle Liu Jianjun has fallen in a pool of blood. Next to two workers who are responsible for installing Gree air conditioners, one has burnt hair and the other has only one leg left.
Yesterday (June 28th), when a reporter from the National Business Daily saw Zhao, his eyes were bloodshot and he was still in shock. He told reporters that on June 25th, they bought a Gree air conditioner in the Gree store in Hengdong County, and something went wrong the next morning. Two workers mishandled the installation process, causing the welding gas tank to explode, and Liu Jianjun died on the spot.
Zhao believes that it is doubtful whether Gree decorators have been trained and employed, and there is no clear answer whether they have employment certificates. He believes that Gree has an unshirkable responsibility in this incident.
Installing air conditioning leads to disaster.
Liu Jianjun runs a shop in Hengdong County, Hunan Province, which mainly deals in seeds and fertilizers. Zhao and his wife are helping my uncle in the shop.
At about 9: 00 am on June 26th, Zhao was sitting at the table in the shop, and the children were playing beside him. Liu Jianjun stood in front of the shop facing Zhao. The work of the two air-conditioning installers has been completed halfway, and the indoor Gree air-conditioning hanging machine has been fixed on the wall.
Suddenly, a loud noise made this 30-square-meter shop look different. Zhao's desk cracked in many places, the metal ladder was cut into two parts, the wall was pitted by flying debris, broken glass was all over the house, and the fixed indoor hanging machine was also knocked down.
Zhao dug his children out of the garbage, but it's okay, it's no big deal. And his uncle Liu Jianjun has fallen motionless outside the store.
Neighbor Mr. Liu rushed over after hearing the explosion. He told the reporter of National Business Daily that Liu Jianjun's abdomen had been blown off and he was breathing at first, but when the ambulance arrived, it was no longer working. "It's terrible not to send a stretcher to the hospital." He said.
Yesterday, the reporter saw at the scene that the whole house was still messy, glass fragments creaked under his feet, and two stalls of blood that had changed color outside the store were faintly discernible. "The door of the house in the back was blown up." Zhao pointed to a room in the shop and said.
In addition to Liu Jianjun, two air-conditioning installers were also injured and are still being treated in local hospitals.
Improper operation of workers?
Zhao confirmed to the reporter of National Business Daily that in this accident, it was not Gree air conditioners that exploded, but gas cylinders used by workers when welding copper tubes of air-conditioning condensers. "A copper tube is not enough, so they welded two. Who knows that such an explosion accident happened. "
Law enforcement officers of Hengdong County Safety Supervision Bureau also said that after investigation, it was an explosion caused by improper operation during gas welding. One reason is that the hot spot is not far enough from the gas tank, and the other reason is that the gas tank leaks. Another possible reason is that the welding torch backfired during operation, and backfired to the gas storage tank, which led to the explosion of butane.
Zhao told reporters that his wife saw one of the installers using a lighter when welding the machine. However, this statement has not been confirmed by reporters from other channels.
The family of the deceased believed that the improper operation of the installers sent by Gree Air Conditioning led to this serious accident. It is not known whether these two installers have work licenses and have received professional training. The local safety supervision department said that it is temporarily impossible to confirm whether the two workers have welder operation certificates.
It is understood that air-conditioning installers must undergo strict vocational skills training and obtain the "Air-conditioning Installer Qualification Certificate". But the seasonal characteristics of air conditioning are obvious. Some air-conditioning enterprises often recruit a group of temporary workers in the peak season, hastily arrange positions without strict training, and then lay off these installers after the peak season.
The company remained silent.
Last night, the reporter of National Business Daily called the relevant person in charge of Gree Marketing Department, but before the reporter finished speaking, the other party said that he would hold a party and didn't have time to answer the phone. He would call the reporter back later. However, when the reporter wrote, he did not wait for any reply from the other party.
At the end of March, Gree air conditioner in Xintang, Guangzhou exploded. At that time, Gree issued a statement saying: "Guangzhou Gree air-conditioning explosion accident was initially judged to be a human cause, and the public security organ has filed a case for investigation. After on-site investigation by experts, it was preliminarily determined that it was caused by man-made, and intentional damage was not ruled out. Gree will cooperate with the public security organs to investigate and release the truth at the first time. "
But three months later, Gree did not release the final truth to consumers.
Previously, Gree air conditioners exploded in Heyuan, Guangdong, Chongqing, Mianyang, Sichuan and other places, but in the end it did not give consumers a clear statement.