Updated: Worker injured in quarry fall

(Adds details) A 32-year-old construction worker from Ghaxaq was critically injured this afternoon when he fell some eight storeys in a quarry at Lapsi, near Siggiewi, the police said. The incident happened at around 4 p.m. He was lifted from the...

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A 32-year-old construction worker from Ghaxaq was critically injured this afternoon when he fell some eight storeys in a quarry at Lapsi, near Siggiewi, the police said.

The incident happened at around 4 p.m.

He was lifted from the quarry with assistance by the Civil Protection Department and rushed to hospital in an ambulance.

Magistrate Tonio Micallef Trigona is holding an inquiry. The Occupational Health and Safety Authority has been informed of the accident.

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