Updated at 4.45pm

It took well over an hour to release a man trapped under rubble on a construction site.

The man, a 24-year-old from Senegal residing in Birżebbuġa, was working on the construction site in Triq F. Vidal, Swieqi when a wall collapsed onto him, pinning him under the rubble.

Members of the Civil Protection Department and an ambulance were on site. Authorities were informed of the incident at 1.30pm on Wednesday.

He has been hospitalised and his injuries were later confirmed to be very serious.

A number of accidents in recent months have highlighted the problem of lack of safe practice in the construction industry.

Earlier this month, an 18-year-old construction worker was seriously injured after falling from a site in Żejtun.

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