Worker killed, another injured as construction hoist crashes in Taramani
A 31-year-old construction worker from Assam was killed and another worker injured after a material hoist fell from the fifth floor of a building under construction on Taramani Link Road on Friday evening.The deceased, identified as Ashraful Alam, 31, hailed from Bongaigaon district in Assam. He had been living in Chennai for the past five years and had joined work at the construction site about 15 days ago.The accident occurred at a six-storey building under construction within the premises of a working women’s hostel in Taramani. According to the police, the hoist, used to lift cement, sand and other construction materials, snapped from its supporting rope at around 5.25 p.m. and crashed to the ground from the fifth floor.The falling hoist struck Ashraful Alam and another worker, Ishrail, 32, while they were bathing near the building.
- ▪A 31-year-old construction worker from Assam was killed and another worker injured after a material hoist fell from the fifth floor of a building under construction on Taramani Link Road on Friday evening.The deceased, identified as Ashrafu
- ▪He had been living in Chennai for the past five years and had joined work at the construction site about 15 days ago.The accident occurred at a six-storey building under construction within the premises of a working women’s hostel in Tarama
- ▪According to the police, the hoist, used to lift cement, sand and other construction materials, snapped from its supporting rope at around 5.25 p.m. and crashed to the ground from the fifth floor.The falling hoist struck Ashraful Alam and a
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A 31-year-old construction worker from Assam was killed and another worker injured after a material hoist fell from the fifth floor of a building under construction on Taramani Link Road on Friday evening.The deceased, identified as Ashraful Alam, 31, hailed from Bongaigaon district in Assam. He had been living in Chennai for the past five years and had joined work at the construction site about 15 days ago.The accident occurred at a six-storey building under construction within the premises of a working women’s hostel in Taramani. According to the police, the hoist, used to lift cement, sand and other construction materials, snapped from its supporting rope at around 5.25 p.m.
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