Construction accident; Two workers killed
They slipped and fell while installing the central cooling system on the third floor
Two workers slipped and fell 30 feet from a scaffold while they were installing the central cooling system. STOCK IMAGE
ISLAMABAD:
Two construction workers died on Saturday morning after they fell from the third floor of an under-construction building.
The police said that Abdul Waheed, 20, and Numan Ahmed, 21, slipped and fell 30 feet from a scaffold while they were installing the central cooling system on the third floor of the under-construction Grand Hyatt Hotel. Soon after the incident, over a dozen labourers gathered to rescue them. Rescue officials shifted them to Pims.
Waheed died on the spot and Ahmed died in hospital. Both suffered fatal head injuries. They were residents of the capital’s outskirts, said a police official.
Investigation Officer Muhammad Khalid said the police handed over the bodies to the respective families after post mortems were conducted at Pims.
He said the family was not interested in filing a case against the hotel administration or the construction company.
“We asked the family to inform us if they want to lodge an FIR. They seemed uninterested,” he added.
The officer said that proper safety measures were not in place, adding that this was the likely reason both men died.
Construction safety standards are rarely enforced in Pakistan. In the recent past, two labourers were buried alive while working on the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Project after loose dirt collapsed on them at a site near Peshawar Mor, while at least two labourers also died during construction of the Centaurus complex.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 31st, 2015.
Two construction workers died on Saturday morning after they fell from the third floor of an under-construction building.
The police said that Abdul Waheed, 20, and Numan Ahmed, 21, slipped and fell 30 feet from a scaffold while they were installing the central cooling system on the third floor of the under-construction Grand Hyatt Hotel. Soon after the incident, over a dozen labourers gathered to rescue them. Rescue officials shifted them to Pims.
Waheed died on the spot and Ahmed died in hospital. Both suffered fatal head injuries. They were residents of the capital’s outskirts, said a police official.
Investigation Officer Muhammad Khalid said the police handed over the bodies to the respective families after post mortems were conducted at Pims.
He said the family was not interested in filing a case against the hotel administration or the construction company.
“We asked the family to inform us if they want to lodge an FIR. They seemed uninterested,” he added.
The officer said that proper safety measures were not in place, adding that this was the likely reason both men died.
Construction safety standards are rarely enforced in Pakistan. In the recent past, two labourers were buried alive while working on the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Project after loose dirt collapsed on them at a site near Peshawar Mor, while at least two labourers also died during construction of the Centaurus complex.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 31st, 2015.