Labourer falls off 20th floor of partially complete bldg
MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- A 24-year-old labourer died after falling from the 20th floor of an under-construction parking tower on Friday. The Wadala Truck Terminus police have booked the site supervisor, security officer, and contractor for negligence in the matter.
This young man's death comes in the wake of several incidents in the vicinity of construction sites where people have either been injured by falling debris, or labourers have fallen victims to lack of safety measures at the sites.
According to the police, the deceased, Abdul Karim Jabbar, was working with his fellow labourers Ajay Kumar, Ejaz Mansur and Abrar Mansur at the Green Infinity building, AB Parking tower in Bhakti Park, Wadala. The trio were employed for welding work by Irshad Ali Khan who runs Eram Enterprises, a private company involved in fabrication work- cutting, shaping, and assembling parts to create a structure.
On Friday, the trio took a lift to the 18th floor and then used a walkway to reach the 20th floor where they had some welding work. At 6pm, when where heading back, Jabbar's foot got stuck in a grill. As he tried to remove his foot from the mesh, he lost balance, and fell, said the police.
His co-workers immediately took the lift down and found that he had suffered severe head injuries and was bleeding a lot. Jabbar was rushed to Sion Hospital where he was declared dead.
The police said that even though the labourers had been given safety equipment, a proper net to prevent such injuries, had not been installed. "We have registered a case against site supervisor Yogesh Pawar, security officer Chitranjan Jena, and contractor Ishrat Ali Shah, under section 106 (causing death by negligence) of the BNS," said a police officer....
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