Updated 3.40pm

Two constriction workers were seriously injured on Monday in two separated constriction site accidents in Naxxar and Żejtun. 

The police said the first accident happened at 10am in Triq il-Katakombi, Naxxar, when a 51-year-old worker fell a height of around a storey.

The second workplace accident happened at 11.30am in Triq San Klement in Żejtun when the worker, a 27-year-old Ghanaian, fell while working on a construction site in the said street. He lost his balance and fell a height of two storeys. 

Ambulances were called on both accidents to take the victims to Mater Dei Hospital for treatment. Police investigations are under way.

Magistrate Ian Farrugia ordered inquiries into both cases.