Poster News reporter Shen Tong reports from Jinan.
The figure of the 7053 public welfare slow train, accompanied by the spring breeze in 2024, runs through the Xintai railway line. But there is such a group of "invisible" people who pay silently on the "battlefield" that passengers can't see. Climbing bridges, climbing piers, and passing through tunnels, inspecting about 17 kilometers a day, they are bridge and tunnel workers from the Laiwu Bridge Inspection Work Area of Jinan Public Works Section. The reporter learned that there are 10 employees in the work area, with an average age of 38 years old, who are responsible for the periodic inspection of 7 tunnels, 18 bridges and 263 culverts along the 7053 public welfare slow trains. During the Spring Festival, in order to ensure the safety of equipment along the railway, the workers of the Laiwu Bridge Inspection Work Area of the Jinan Public Works Section are still sticking to their posts on the front line ...... work
The staff walks several kilometers every day to inspect the facilities along the railway).
Today, I am responsible for inspecting the piers and bridge decks of 9 piers, I am responsible for piers 1-9, Zhao Yan is responsible for 10-18, and Kang Guoqiang is responsible for 19-27. Li Xingguo and Xia Dongxu are responsible for the inspection of the pier, foundation and surrounding environment under the bridge. Everyone must wear a helmet, fasten a seat belt, pay attention to the safety of your feet, don't slip when the cold snow has not melted! Foreman Xu Shen told again before the operation.
Crews are conducting safety surveys under the bridge).
The total length of the 28 holes of the Xima River Bridge is 589 meters, and the bottom of the beam is 17 meters high from the ground3 meters, one operation needs to complete the inspection of the bridge deck and the two parts under the bridge. The bridge deck focuses on checking the status of the walking board and railing of the operation channel, and conducts foundation measurement; Under the bridge, it is important to check the hollow sound of the beam, cracks, rust of the bearing, loose bolts, etc. It usually takes 5 minutes to inspect a bridge pier, and each person needs to turn up and down 9 times, in order to ensure personal safety, every few steps must be moved to take off the safety belt, and the inspection record is made while carefully probing. In windy weather, I felt like I was shaking when I stood on the bridge pier.
For young workers, fear of heights, weight-bearing, and endurance are all challenges that need to be overcome one by one. Xia Dongxu, a "post-00" worker, said: "At the beginning, I learned from the master, and I didn't master the percussion skills, and my hand holding chopsticks trembled when I ate. Li Wentian, a young worker who entered the road two years earlier than him, said: "Now that I have been working for a long time, I am much more proficient, and my New Year's wish is to be a squad leader, and it will be better to be able to practice the skills of the master's 'flying eaves and walking on the wall' and 'sharp eyes'." ”
During the Spring Festival, the train smoothly passed through bridges and tunnels into the distance, and the terminal station they were about to arrive at safely was called "home".