My Post-Taiwan Thoughts: The Good, The Bad & The WTF!

[Lena Oberbrunner]

Oh my god, this incident really sends shivers down my spine! When I was in Taiwan before, I visited a place that felt oddly strange at the time. However, I didn't dare to reveal any details about it online.

• But guess what? Recently, I saw news saying that in the construction site where I once went, someone actually fell from a great height and died!
• To be honest, that place was simply a mess:
  • It seemed to me like certain rules were thrown out the window because of some reasons (possibly to meet the deadline?), and everything was left in utter disarray.
  • I also heard that some projects were contracted by suspicious organizations with murky backgrounds, and the workers would often fight each other.
  • Meanwhile, the workers were hired from all around the world, from all walks of life. But the issue was that many local engineers had problems even communicating in basic English, leading to huge communication barriers and misunderstandings.
  • In short, strange things happened there every day.
• Indeed, I couldn't believe that no one had died in such a chaotic place, thinking it was purely a blessing of Taiwan’s relatively good management system.
• However, it turned out that less than two weeks later, someone actually did lose their life…
• At the exact spot where the accident occurred, I used to work in a similar position before. Now every time I recall that day, I get cold sweats all over my body.

️ Special reminder to those planning trips or working in Taiwan:

• Stay safe! Especially if you see disorganized construction sites with poor management, make sure you stay away from them! This is no joke.
• If you plan to work in Taiwan, particularly physically-demanding jobs or construction works, ensure that you carefully check the safety of your working environment and whether it has essential safety measures. Do not risk your life just to earn some money!

I will upload some photos taken by me at that time just for record, but I won't post more graphic ones to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.

Solo Travel # Taiwan # Construction Sites in Taiwan # Workplace Safety Accident # Life Overseas # Working Overseas

[Elaine Boyle PhD]

Based on the CSCPM course I took, the on-site safety here is clearly not up to par.

[Hazel Brown-Stracke]

That's exactly why I said politics is taking precedence here.

[Orville DuBuque]

This kind of outcome is a result of the Taiwanese 'it won't happen to me' mentality; always thinking they'll be the exception.

[Steve Beatty]

Is this the Hsinta Power Plant?