A 51-year-old worker died on Saturday after items being lifted by a tower crane fell on him at a construction site in Ħal Far.
Police said the victim was a Turkish national who lived in Mqabba. The accident happened at about 1.15pm.
According to the police’s initial account, the man was operating a tower crane when the items fell, crushing him.
Police officers, members of the Civil Protection Department and emergency medical services attended the scene after the alarm was raised. Officials from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and the Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA) were also on site.
The two authorities issued a stop-work notice just after 4pm, halting construction activity at the site following the fatal incident.
The development concerns the construction of a Class 5A warehouse, with Indis Malta Limited listed as the applicant.
The precise circumstances in which the load fell, including how the worker came to be struck while operating the crane, have yet to be established.
Magistrate Joe Mifsud is conducting an inquiry into the death. Police investigations are also ongoing.
Earlier:
A man has died after being involved in a construction accident on a building site in Hal Far. Preliminary information shows that the man was crushed by falling scaffolding which gave way.
Police and emergency services are on site and a magisterial inquiry is under way.
Photo: Chris Sant Fournier/Times of Malta
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