Last december, mr. Jiang took over with his wife a residential home in san yaxi island in order to earn more money to treat his mother with cancer. However, six months later, his mother died as a result of illness, just the day before mr. Jiang flew back to his home town to prepare his mother's funeral, when he cleaned a pool of people's houses and was electrocuted after touching a pump that was working in the pool. Mr. Jiang's wife, ms. Zou, posted the matter in the social media, drawing wide attention to the issue。
In recent days, the journalist contacted ms. Zou, who considered that the main cause of the accident was the failure to install the required leak protection for the pump and the residential booth. On 30 july, local civil service staff indicated that the matter was being investigated jointly by a multisectoral team。
To raise money for mother-to-child cancer treatment, she was invited to run a residential home
He was electrocuted in the pool before the funeral
Ms. Zou, a journalist, married and had children after her husband, mr. Jiang, met in san yassi in 2024, “we had been working in seafood on the island the year before”
Ms. Zou said that until last year life had changed by accident: “i came to sanya to work as a housekeeper on the island, when mr. Tao, the boss, more in recognition of my ability to work, and my husband, who had been doing a residential business in liang for 10 years. So mr. Tao invited us both to help with his residential home, because last november when my mother-in-law's cancer re-emerged, we promised to help mr. Tao to run his home and made an agreement.”
Monitor at event
According to ms. Zou, the incident occurred on 18 june 2026, “when my husband returned home from his cleaning leave and had to fly back to chengdu for the funeral of her mother-in-law, he wanted to clean up the pool before going back. It started in the morning with a pump and continued until the afternoon. The surveillance showed that while the pumps were still working in the afternoon, he went down to the pool and bended like he was holding something and then suddenly fell down.”
Ms. Zou recalled that she and another friend had not been able to find her husband that afternoon, “or did i not find him lying in the pool until i looked down from upstairs, when there was no water without his mouth and nose. When friends jumped out of the pool, they felt electricity in the water, and the pump was still working in the pool, so i quickly cut off the pump's power.”
According to ms. Zou's guess, it is highly probable that the husband died as a result of electrocution as he saw the pump fall into the pool and tried to lift it up. The autopsy notes issued by the hospital show that, according to the family's description, surveillance and video recording, the victim's death as a result of an electric shock was presumed to have occurred in connection with the static state of his right lower limb, and that, in order to determine the cause of death, an autopsy was recommended to the family. “we will then examine the husband's body.”
Mr. Jiang's diagnostic report
The term responsibility rests on each other, and the source of the pump is at odds
Multisectoral involvement in conducting joint investigations
Ms. Zou explained that the residential house was in fact a villa with six rooms, which had been operated by them for six months before the incident, and that the pool had been used normally. “after the incident, the police officer at the police station told me that the source of the husband's electrocution came from the pump, but that during the first six months of the incident, there was no leak in the pump during its use.”
Ms. Zou said that she and mr. Tao had communicated only once since the incident, “the other side suggested that we take a case and that he felt he was not responsible. An investigation team has been set up on the ground to intervene.” ms. Zou further indicated that they had been running residential accommodation for the six months and had received less than $30,000 in total。
Ms. Zou told the journalists that the agreement had been made that mr. Nishuku had been refurbished prior to their operation, “but he had in fact approached the construction team for simple painting and refurbishment without checking the electrical circuits. The pump was powered by a plug attached to the public outer wall, and it was required that the plug-in at the business site be equipped with leak protection, which he did not install. At present, we have filed a case with the labour arbitration commission, which will start on 11 august.” according to the notice of the meeting of the labour personnel arbitration committee of sanya city, the hearing was held on 11 august at 4. 30 p. M. And the case was confirmed as a labour relations dispute。
Where did the pump come from? There was no agreement between the parties in this regard and ms. Zou claimed that the pumps involved appeared to be second-hand equipment purchased by mr. Tao's wife。
The journalist contacted mr. Tao and stated that the pumps involved were not purchased by them, but by ms. Zou's husband and wife, who were reimbursed by him, “as for the repairs carried out prior to the operation of the residence, they were also in charge of the construction team, and i was only responsible for paying the money and keeping the records. I'll leave this to the courts." in response, ms. Zou stated that only a small proportion of the pool pumps, paints, etc. Were in residential accommodation at that time under the responsibility of her husband。
According to ms. Zou's contract of cooperation with the press, mr. Manjing was refurbished by mr. Tao and placed under mr. Jiang's sole responsibility for hosting. Hostage costs: less daily expenses (electricity, weeding, employee salaries, daily residential consumables, etc.), excluding the cost of additional furniture and household electrical equipment for late rents; split model: total income net of net profit, 60 per cent for mr. Tao and 40 per cent for mr. Jiang; mode of settlement: at the end of each month, mr. Tao has the right to take back business rights if he has sustained a loss of business. The term of the contract shall remain in effect for a long period from the date on which mr. Jiang took over the business, until such time as either mr. Tao or mr. Jiang has made an offer to terminate the contract, or until he has been rented out of the premises。
Civil cooperation contract
The journalist called the emergency management agency of sanya and staff stated that they were required to observe confidentiality regulations and were not permitted to disclose it to the outside world, “unless the family of the person concerned can properly explain”. The officials of the department of tourism and cultural radio and sports of the sanya expedition informed the oxen journalists that the matter was currently being investigated jointly by a number of functional departments, including travel, emergency response and city supervisors, “in the event of an official announcement”
Counsel claims that it is difficult to identify an injury at work
The liability cannot be limited to pumping pumps
Can mr. Jiang and mr. Tao identify themselves as labour relations and apply for death? How should responsibility for the accident be divided? In an interview with a journalist, mr. Liu kai, a law firm in beijing city, stated that according to the labour contracts act and the circular of the ministry of labour and social security on matters relating to the establishment of labour relations, labour relations were generally determined to be subject to three core criteria: firstly, the employer's establishment in accordance with the law; secondly, the worker's management of the unit; and thirdly, the remuneration for work was paid in the form of wage income. In the present case, however, there is a considerable difference from the above-mentioned circumstances in terms of the content of the contract, which is currently public. This civil cooperation contract is more in line with a cooperative business, commissioning, rather than a labour relationship, and therefore the applicability of labour arbitration is questionable and ultimately needs to be determined in combination with the actual way of administration, the form of remuneration, etc。
According to liu kai, for the time being, the key to the determination of responsibility in this case is not who purchased the pumps, but who assumed the safety and security obligations under the law, and whether the parties were at fault. The follow-up focus needs to identify the following questions: where did the leak come from? Is there a leak in the pump itself? Is there a leak in the plug? Are leak protections (rcds) legally installed? Is the ground system in compliance with safety norms? Do electrical installations meet national technical standards? These problems usually require a combination of emergency management investigations, investigations by public security organs and specialized electrical forensics. Until the cause of the accident is identified, neither party is automatically exempt from liability。
Source: yang's evening newspaper
