KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 -- A construction worker narrowly escaped serious injury when an iron piling rod missed his brain after he fell at a construction site in Kampung Bukit Hangus, Jeneri in Sik, Kedah this morning.

Malaysia Jariah Foundation Volunteer Brigade (BSYJM) director Mahadzir Abdul Hamid said to Utusan Malaysia that the incident occurred at around 9am and involved Azlam Mahmood, 56, who was riding a three-wheeled motorcycle to the site in an oil palm plantation.

"He is believed to have lost balance due to the uneven road, causing his motorcycle to overturn. He fell into a ditch under construction, where exposed steel rods for concrete were still in place, and one pierced his jaw," he said.

Passers-by immediately provided as...