Crane shift ends in death · The News Beast

Newsbook reported that the victim was a Turkish man living in Mqabba and that he was operating a tower crane when the material he was raising fell on him.

Civil Protection Department personnel and a medical team were sent to assist, but he was certified dead on site.

Duty magistrate Joe Mifsud has opened an inquiry. The incident is also being investigated by the Malta Police Force, the Occupational Health and Safety Authority and the Building and Construction Authority.

The essential fact is grim and plain enough without ornament: material being lifted at a construction site fell and a worker died. Beyond that, the public account is still thin, which is exactly why the inquiry matters. The gap between “material he was raising fell on him” and an explanation is where the real scrutiny now sits.

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