The case summarized: – A 17-year-old died after falling through a styrofoam sheet and five meters into the concrete on the construction site of what was to be Nysæter junior high school in January 2022. – Relatives believe the area should have been better secured and have complained that the case has been put away.- The public prosecutor believes that the contractor has been negligent and must be punished according to the penal code.- The lawyer compares the case to a serious railway accident in Oslo in 2019 where a lack of security was an issue. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. He must have thought it was safe to set foot on the white styrofoam board. But under the plate there was only air. The play was even more tragic for a 17-year-old boy from Stord on New Year’s Day 2022. Together with four other young people, he had entered the construction site for the new Nysæter youth school. There they played hide and seek on the last day of the Christmas holidays. But at some point the boy has sprung onto some styrofoam sheets that covered an opening down to the floor below. The styrofoam had been laid there to take care of the heat in the lower floor, so that it was ready for plastering work in the new year. The slabs gave way and the boy fell straight onto the concrete floor on the floor below. The 17-year-old was flown to Haukeland University Hospital in an air ambulance, but his life could not be saved. The comrades witnessed that the game was even fatal. Here are the remains of the styrofoam on the floor after the accident. Photo: Olav Røli Assistance lawyer: It is not possible to describe how the parents have been After the fact, the police have investigated whether anyone is to blame for the death. But this summer, after over two years of police investigation, the state attorney concluded that they believe that the contractor cannot be punished for breaking the law. The decision is in line with the recommendation from the police. – I cannot comment on the case since a complaint has been received, says state attorney in Rogaland Tore Kulstad. The relatives react strongly to the decision from the prosecution, and have complained that the case has been put aside. – We think we can prove that the contractor has been negligent, says Kjell Petter Neset, legal representative for the relatives. He speaks on behalf of the boy’s parents. Neset emphasizes that the parents are not looking to arrest anyone, but that they want to prevent something like this from happening again. – It is not possible to describe in words how they have felt afterwards. They have had it terribly hard, says the lawyer. It was a special start for the students at Stord secondary school after the Christmas holidays in 2021/2022. One desk was standing empty, and the flag was at half mast. Photo: Eli Bjelland / news I think the contractor was negligent. The lawyer believes that there are several factors that make the contractor negligent and that they should be punished according to Section 258 of the Criminal Code. According to Neset, the opening in the floor where the 17-year-old fell down was secured with a fence on three sides. But on the side where the 17-year-old came, there was only a 67-centimeter concrete fence. – A young boy easily jumps over such a low obstacle, believes the lawyer. – In the contractor’s own risk assessment, they had explicitly assessed the risk of falling into openings in the floor. And there were outlined procedures for using massive material as tolled loads. These styrofoam sheets that were laid as a floor would not have prevented small persons or heavy tools from falling through, Neset believes. The 17-year-old fell from the floor above and down into the lower floor of what was supposed to be a new secondary school. This picture was taken after the opening of the school. Photo: Olav Røli / news I think the case is similar to a serious railway accident The lawyer believes that this case has clear similarities with another serious accident, where a lack of safety was an issue. Three young people entered a railway tunnel at Filipstad in Oslo in 2019. One died, and two others were critically injured. Kjell Petter Neset is the legal representative for the parents of a 17-year-old who fell on a construction site in 2022. Now they are complaining that the case has been put aside. Photo: Olav Røli / news The Supreme Court ruled that the security in the area was too poor, and that Bane Nor was responsible. Neset acknowledges that the young people had entered the area illegally. – This is still secondary. Other workers could also have pulled through the styrofoam, he says. news has tried to get in touch with the contractor responsible for the building project, but they have not responded. In this area, five young people played hide-and-seek during the Christmas holidays 2022. Even more fatal. Photo: Olav Røli / news Published 05.08.2024, at 17.32
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Relatives after a death at Nysæter youth school in Stord complain that the case has been dropped – news Vestland
