I Really Didn't Want To Make A Lot Of Money

Chapter 14

The three-story beam slab formwork of Building No. 10 collapsed when the concrete was poured. Five people in the concrete team fell from the third floor to the second floor. All five people suffered minor injuries; one person was pressed under the formwork, but fortunately they were not buried. Concrete, but was hit by a few hollow beams and slabs, the left thigh is likely to fracture, and multiple skin injuries.

Chen Ling, the worker who was held down by the template, knew Wang Jing, who was a carpenter, who came to Algeria on the same flight as him. The beam and slab formwork of this layer was supported by his team, and as the team leader at that time, he was still checking the reinforcement support below.

Serious safety accidents have attracted the attention of owners and supervisors. Lao Liang was fine, and he waved his hand: “The injured worker is sent to the doctor, the responsible team deducts money, and the template is redone; the safety officer deducts money, and the quality manager deducts money. Everyone continues to work.”

The mood of the workers was obviously affected, and many teams stopped and rested. They didn’t complain about anything, they just adjusted it.

“Wang Jing, this kid, count his life!” This is the unanimous view of the workers. No one thinks about why an accident happened, whether it is a worker or a management cadre.

“Construction sites, this kind of thing is inevitable, so I have to burn the fragrance day and night.”

“I used to work on a construction site in Singapore, where the management was very strict, but it collapsed, and two died.”

The resting workers lit cigarettes, started chatting, and adjusted their moods.

In about half an hour, everything on the construction site returned to normal, and the safety incident was put on the back of everyone after smoking a few cigarettes, as if nothing special had happened.

It is the first time for Chen Ling to experience this kind of thing and feel very uncomfortable. He was afraid that this kind of thing would happen to him one day. He didn’t want to change the security situation on the construction site in the past. This is not something he can do with a small translator.

What he can do now is to follow the injured to the hospital and help them get the best treatment available locally.

The injured worker was taken to the hospital of the Chinese Medical Team. Six wounded were sent all at once, and the doctors got busy.

A doctor was doing debridement for Wang Jing while chatting: “Recently, a lot of people have been injured in your unit.” Wang Jing endured the pain, making a sound in his mouth, and said: “Recently, the progress of the structure is robbed. It’s easy to get into accidents. It’s really unlucky today.”

“This country is much better, and there are no infectious diseases.” The doctor said, “The most are work-related injuries. In sub-Saharan Africa, besides work-related injuries, the more frightening is the rampant diseases, such as malaria, typhoid fever, dengue fever, and Ebo. Pull that highly lethal virus.”

At this time, Chen Ling completed the admission procedures on behalf of Wang Jing and walked over. He just heard what the doctor said, and was a little curious. He asked, “Do those countries also have our Chinese medical team?”

The doctor said: “Almost every African country has our medical team, and our provinces and cities in our country have counterpart foreign aid missions. You are an engineering unit and run everywhere in various countries, but it is better not to go to Black Africa or not.”

Chen Ling asked, “Doctor, have you been to those countries?”

“I have been to Cameroon, where a hospital of the nature of foreign economic cooperation was established. At that time, the most daily treatment was for malaria. Some came late and died.”

“Does malaria kill people too?” Chen Ling heard of this situation for the first time.

Without raising his head, the doctor said, “Of course, there are hundreds of thousands of people who die of malaria in Africa every year. Malaria must be treated in time, and there will be no major problems. I am afraid of other things, such as AIDS and Ebola. , If you get it, it’s over.”

As the doctor said, the work at hand was finished, he recruited a nurse, pushed Wang Jing away, and entered the operating room. As the doctor took off his gloves, he said to Chen Ling: “Young man, I think you are like a French translator, right? You can visit several French-speaking countries in North Africa in the future. Don’t go to the south.”

Chen Ling nodded: “Thank you, the doctor, for reminding me. I remember it. What’s your last name?”

“My surname is Chen, boy, your surname?”

“My surname is Chen too, we are my own family.”

Dr. Chen laughed and said, “It’s rare to meet in Africa, and it’s also destined. Let me tell you, Chen translated, I vowed to never go to Black Africa back then, but in the end I went. Sometimes life is so strange, the less I don’t want to happen. The more things will happen.”

Chen Ling nodded in agreement, although he didn’t know much about it. He said: “Dr. Chen, we learn French. If we go abroad, most of us come to Africa. The salary here is higher than that in China. There are many French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Black Africa. I always think I will go to those places in the future. ”

“In fact, it’s not a dragon’s lair. It’s good to take precautions, especially mosquitoes, and then cleanse yourself. By the way, there are some organizations that are active in Africa, such as Doctors Without Borders and Pan-African Medical.”

As Dr. Chen said, he took out his mobile phone and looked for the phone book. “I will give you the contact information of Pan-African Medical. This person I met in Cameroon before and is now the senior person in charge of Pan-African Medical. , I mean just in case, you can contact him in an emergency, maybe it will help you.”

Chen Ling returned to the camp and explained the situation to Lao Li who was in charge of logistics. Lao Li sighed: “Recently, we have had a bad year. I just came out of the hospital and went to another one. I have to find Mr. Liang and ask him to cut a few chickens on the construction site and worship the Quartet Land God.”

Chen Ling smiled: “Are there also land gods abroad? Can you speak Chinese? People here believe in Allah.”

Lao Li said solemnly: “Chen interpreter, we are engaged in engineering, and there are too many factors to cover everything. Some things will always happen, and sometimes it is luck. What does luck come from? Isn’t it by burning incense to worship Buddha? ?”

Chen Ling disagrees: “We still have to raise our safety awareness. Only by taking sufficient safety measures can we improve our luck.”

Lao Li has a deeper relationship with Chen Lingyou’s vegetable market. He looked at the ruin with an unteachable expression, and said:

“What about the money? Where does the money come from? There are more safety measures, which require a lot of costs and are not conducive to work efficiency. You are still new and may not understand. For example, you must wear a seat belt when working at heights, but the workers think The seat belt gets in the way and is slow in life, so I don’t want to wear it.”

“Isn’t that kidding about your life?”

Lao Li put on a habitual appearance, and said, “Money, is not money made? Besides, whoever comes to Africa with money? This country has a good environment and climate, beautiful girls, and delicious fruits. Nothing can compare to the country. .”

Chen Ling somewhat understood Lao Liang’s indifferent attitude in the morning. Lao Liang and Lao Li have been in the construction industry for decades and have experienced countless construction site accidents. In their concept, a large construction site is abnormal without accidents. For projects like Constantine, There are indicators for how many people are seriously injured and how many people die.

If Wang Jing is crushed to death under the formwork and concrete today, it is a question of how much to lose, and it must not affect the progress of the project.

Chen Ling didn’t think too much, this kind of thing is not something he can decide, nor is he able to influence it, usually paying more attention to safety is the most appropriate way. If you have a system in your own body, there shouldn’t be any major problems.

But he has a question about local employees. He asked Lao Li: “Manager Li, what should local employees do if there is an accident? They are not as easy to talk as we Chinese are?”

Old Li smiled and said: “You don’t know about that. We are all local employees who are covered by social insurance in accordance with local regulations. If something goes wrong, we will be compensated by insurance. We have no effect at all.”

“Did the company not buy insurance for Chinese people?”

Lao Li smiled and narrowed his eyes into a line: “What do you do with the money? Just pay compensation in accordance with domestic regulations. Besides, we Chinese, regardless of whether we have insurance or not, will definitely find a unit if something goes wrong.”

Chen Ling felt that Lao Li made a lot of sense, and he was speechless for a while. The Chinese in Algeria look down on “Aguizi,” and they look down on you Chinese. You don’t even have basic guarantees.

At this time, the local secretary in the office told Chen Ling that someone called for him in the morning, and that person also asked for the company information of Anyang Group.

who can that be? Chen Ling thought to himself that he should have a mobile phone for himself.

The secretary added: “There is also a letter from the provincial government asking Chen Ling to pass it on to the general manager of the company.”