The 13th person killed since the beginning of the year: A 54-year-old worker died in Netanya, suspected of being electrocuted
The victim is Alexander Sverdlenko from Haifa.
MDA paramedics who were called to the scene performed resuscitation operations on him, but were forced to determine his death.
Uri Sela
18/02/2022
Friday, 18 February 2022, 21:00 Updated: 21:34
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A 54-year-old worker was killed during his work in Netanya, February 18, 2022 (MDA)
A 54-year-old worker died today (Friday) while working on the roof of a residential building on A.D. Street.
Gordon in Netanya, there is a suspicion that he was electrocuted.
Hapoel, Alexander Sverdlenko from Haifa, is the 13th person killed in work accidents since the beginning of the year and the third this week.
"When we got to the apartment building we went to the machine room on the roof and saw the man lying unconscious, with no pulse and no breathing," said MDA paramedic Rafi Sheva.
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The scene of the incident, today (Photo: MDA)
"In the last nine months, the number of workers killed at construction sites has risen by more than 50%," the group for the fight against building and industrial accidents said.
"Two and a half weeks ago, the group addressed the fight against building accidents and industry to the Minister of Economy, Orna Barbibai, in an urgent appeal to exercise its authority to lead legislative, policy and implementation measures to promote the unsafe safety of workers."
According to them, the referral was not answered, even when they applied again.
The group also addressed the chairwoman of the Knesset's Labor and Welfare Committee, MK Efrat Reitan, and the chairman of the Subcommittee on Occupational Safety, MK Osama Saadi, to urgently convene the committee and the subcommittee for an urgent discussion and a series of discussions on steps required to promote workers' safety. " It is to be hoped that the move will be implemented with the necessary urgency, "the group's director, Dr. Hadas Tagri, wrote yesterday.
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