Two labourers crushed by lift

FAISALABAD:

Two labourers working on an under-construction hostel at the Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology died on Sunday after a lift crashed on top of them. DCO Noorul Amin Mengal has given a two-member inquiry committee 24 hours to probe the matter and submit a report on the incident.

A spokesperson for the Rescue-1122 said that the labourers were working on a hostel site at the Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology when a lift developed a fault and gave way. It fell on top of the two labourers crushing them. He said that 25-year-old Sher Muhammad and his cousin, 22-year-old Asghar, both residents of Tobe Tek Singh district, received serious injuries. Rescue-1122 was called and the two were taken to the district headquarters hospital. The spokesperson said that Asghar died on the way to the hospital. Sher Muhammad died while being treated at the DHQ hospital. Police said that they had seized the bodies and had initiated investigations.

DCO Noorul Amin Menhal took notice of the incident and ordered an inquiry into the deaths. A spokesperson for the local administration said that the machine had developed a fault and crashed onto the workers. The DCO, however, directed the City assistant commissioner and the technical district officer to probe the matter and submit a report in 24 hours.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 15^th,  2016.