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Within minutes: A worker was killed by an object in Kiryat Ono, another worker was moderately injured in the north

A 40-year-old construction worker was killed at a city construction site after a heavy object fell on him from a crane.

MDA staff who were called to the scene were forced to determine his death. The police began investigating the circumstances of the case. At the same time, a 47-year-old construction worker was moderately injured after a heavy object fell on him at a construction site in Reina.

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• Construction workers

• Kiryat Ono

• Reina

Eli Ashkenazi, Sapir Levy and Liran Levy

Friday, 17 September 2021, 14:11 Updated: 14:27

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A 40-year-old construction worker was killed today (Friday) after being hit by a heavy object that fell from a crane at a construction site on Pinkas Street in Kiryat Ono.

The MDA team that was called to the scene determined his death.

"The wounded man, who suffered severe injuries to his body, was unconscious," said MDA personnel, Tomer Guzman and Hanania Seidel.

"We gave him medical treatment and performed resuscitation but his injury was fatal, and in the end we had to determine his death."

Police said they had opened an investigation into the circumstances of the incident, and that a representative of the Ministry of Labor had been called to the scene.

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The construction site in Kiryat Ono where a 40-year-old worker was killed today (Photo: MDA, MDA operational documentation)

At the same time, a 47-year-old construction worker was moderately injured after a heavy object fell on him at a construction site in Reina.

The MDA team provided him with medical treatment and evacuated him to Rambam Hospital in Haifa.

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