India, Jan. 28 -- A 34-year-old daily-wage worker was critically injured after an iron rebar pierced his neck when he fell from a height at a construction site in Sector 71, police said on Tuesday.

The injured worker was identified as Manish Kumar, a native of Muzaffarpur in Bihar, police said, adding the incident took place around 4.30pm on Sunday at an upcoming residential project of a real estate firm, where Kumar was employed as a daily-wage worker.

According to police, Kumar was standing on a ledge on the second floor of an under-construction tower without wearing any safety belt when he lost balance and fell to the ground. Investigators said a consignment of iron rebars had been kept in the open at the site, and Kumar fell onto th...