Occupational hazards: Two labourers electrocuted to death in Swabi

Seven construction workers were injured in roof collapse.

BATKHELA/SWABI: Two construction workers were electrocuted to death in Topi, Swabi on Wednesday when they accidently touched a wire while constructing a house.

An official of the police said four labourers working on the roof of a house owned by Bahadur Sher accidently touched an electricity cable. As a result, Irshad and Ayaz died on the spot, while two others identified as Nawab Ali and Hazrat Ali sustained injuries.

They were shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital (THQ) Topi. The bodies of the deceased were later handed over to the families while the injured were said to be stable.

Roof caves in

At least seven labourers were injured when the roof of a building they were renovating caved in on them in Totakan area of Batkhela, Malakand on Wednesday.

A Levies official said the labourers were busy repairing the roof of an old building which had been damaged in the 2010 floods, when it collapsed on them, trapping them underneath.

Locals rescued the workers from the debris and rushed them to a hospital. However, one of the labourers, Amirzada, was shifted to Peshawar for further treatment.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 11^th, 2014.