Two workers fall down apartment block shaft

Marsascala incident leaves both men with grievous injuries

Two workers were grievously injured in a fall in a shaft on Tuesday.

The police said in a statement that the two men, aged 18 and 26, were working in the shaft in a Marsascala apartment block on Triq l-Aħmar at around 2.30pm.

The men, both Syrian nationals, were rushed to Mater Dei Hospital.

Investigations by the police and the Occupational Health and Safety Authority are ongoing. 

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