A construction worker suffered facial injuries while working in Birżebbuġa this morning.

The police said the incident took place at about 10.30 as the worker, 56, from Zejtun, was operating a lifter in Triq Ħal Far, Birżebbuġa.

He was initially taken to a health centre but later transferred to hospital.

A magisterial inquiry is under way. 

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