India, March 6 -- Two days after a 23-year-old construction worker succumbed to injuries sustained in a fall at a construction site in Wagle Estate, Thane, the local police registered an FIR against the contractor for alleged negligence in ensuring worker safety.

The incident occurred on January 13 when the worker, identified as Sahani, was engaged in removing wooden planks on the third floor of a building at Road No. 22, ASE Park Centre, Wagle Estate. According to a complaint filed by his coworker, Mukesh Ashok Goud, Sahani fell along with a temporary iron railing due to the absence of adequate safety measures. Notably, he was not equipped with a safety belt, and the site lacked protective netting.

Sahani was rushed to a hospital for t...