GEORGE TOWN, March 17 – Three Bangladeshi workers were injured, including two who are in critical condition another worker suffered light injuries, after being crushed by a falling concrete floor of a six-floor building under construction in Bayan Lepas here, Thursday. The incident was happen at about 3pm, both victims who are in their 30’s were working on the first floor when a 400-tonne concrete floor collapsed and injured the duo.
State Fire and Rescue deputy director Mohamad Shoki Hamzah said the three victims were sent to the Penang Hospital for treatment. He said initial investigations revealed that the floor load structure could not support the weight of the concrete frame causing the floor to collapse. He said both of the victims sustained head and back injuries as well as broken legs and hands.
