2 dead, 3 injured as a wall of mud gives way at building site
India, Nov. 16 -- MUMBAI: A freak accident at a construction site in Byculla claimed the lives of two workers and left three severely injured on Saturday afternoon. The accident took place when the workers, using jackhammers in a 15-feet deep pit, were buried by a wall of loose mud and stones that suddenly came crashing down on them.
The accident took place at Habib Mansion building, being redeveloped by Ibrahim Jusab Sopariwala & others, while ZZ Consultants are listed as the structural consultant, according to a board erected at the site.
The pit had been excavated for piling work being done for the building's foundation.
After the soil buried the labourers, their co-workers rushed to rescue them. According to workers at the site HT spoke to, it took around 30 minutes to pull them out. By then, two labourers - Rahul, 30, and Raju, 28 - had died, while three others were rescued but sustained serious leg injuriesP3...
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