CASE STUDY. Four killed in Ballito construction site collapse

On $18$ May $2024$ four construction workers were confirmed dead and two more are still

buried under the ground after an embankment collapsed at a construction site in Ballito,

KwaZulu$-$Natal on Saturday morning construction worker who was trapped beneath tons of

soil for hours the result of a massive landslide at a worksite in Ballito, KwaZulu$-$Natal was

found alive on Saturday afternoon. Medics worked had to free him as he was still trapped.

Four other men died in the accident in which parts of a hillside collapsed in Zen Drive in the

coastal hamlet.

IPPS Medical Rescue Services spokesperson Samantha Meyrick said they were conducting

the search with other agencies, but the mission had to be called off due to multiple collapses

of the embankment. The eThekwini fire department was also dispatched route with suitable

equipment to continue with the recovery of the deceased," she said.

QUESTION

Safety hazards comprise of six different structural characteristics that contribute to their

hazardousness, which may eventually result in harm to humans, or damage to property and

the environment. Make use of the case study to briefly discuss four $(4)$ structural

characteristics of safety hazards.