On October 7th, Rafaela Martinsa young woman civil engineer 27 years old, lost her life crushed by a steamroller while supervising work at the Petrobras Terminal, in the Cabiúnas construction site, where he provided services for MJ2 Construções, a contractor for the state oil company Petrobras in the city of Macaé, in Rio de JaneiroBrazil.
The unfortunate accident took place in the early hours of the morning, when la apisonadora, a machine frequently used in civil engineering projects to compact soils and pavements, lost control.
According to the first reports provided by the authorities and the union of Oil Workers of the North of Fluminense (Sindipetro-NF)everything indicates that a failure in the brakes the machinery was the cause of the accident. The tragedy occurred on a sloping street, which aggravated the situation as the vehicle could not stop in time.
The young engineer She was immediately transferred to a medical care center in the Lagomar neighborhood, but unfortunately she did not survive the injuries she suffered. The driver of the steamroller He was also injured and is being treated at a local hospital, where he will be questioned by the authorities once he recovers, to try to clarify the exact details of what happened.
Meanwhile, local authorities, led by Pedro Emílio Braga, head of the Civil Police in the region, have opened a formal investigation to determine precisely the causes of the accident and evaluate possible liabilities. Although everything points to a mechanical failure, the Civil Police has stated that more tests will be required to confirm whether there was human negligence or some other additional failure in the construction’s safety protocols.
The union Sindipetro-NF, through its leader, Sérgio Borges Cordeiro, has demanded an exhaustive review of the circumstances of the accident. “We want to understand what went wrong for something so tragic to have happened. It is crucial that the facts are clarified and the necessary measures are taken so that this does not happen again,” Borges Cordeiro stated in a statement.
For her part, Débora Simões, director of the union, expressed her deep regret for the loss of the young professional. “No one should lose their life in their workplace. We are devastated by Rafaela’s death and we offer all our support to her family at this painful time,” he expressed on social networks.