A 56-year-old man was seriously injured after falling into a zanja two meters deep. The workplace accident occurred on a construction site where he was working in the Madrid district of Tetúan.
The accident, as reported by Madrid Emergency Community 112, It took place in the afternoon of Tuesday.
The work accident occurred around 4:30 p.m. on Mártires de la Ventilla street, in the Tetuán neighborhood. For reasons which are currently under investigation, the worker fell from a height of two meters into a ditch.
Work accident at #Madrid. Calle de los Mártires de la Ventilla.
A 56-year-old construction worker falls two meters into a ditch.
He is followed by #SUMMA112 from various traumas and chest injuries.
Transferred to hospital with serious prognosis. pic.twitter.com/jCGhaoDyhv
— 112 Community of Madrid (@112cmadrid) November 5, 2024
They came to the place Toilet Summa-112, who treated the victim, who suffered various traumas and chest trauma. He was transferred to La Paz hospital, where he was admitted in serious condition.
The reasons for this fall and its severity are still unknown.
Work accidents
This is not the first serious accident recorded in recent weeks in the Community of Madrid. On October 29, a 36-year-old worker died after a 600-kilogram concrete slab fell.
Work accident at #Leganes. C/ Plate, 6.
A 36-year-old worker died after being crushed by
a concrete slab weighing approximately 600 kg. #SUMMA112 can only confirm the death. Investigate @police. He also intervened @policia_leganes pic.twitter.com/NoUGIGq1wP— 112 Community of Madrid (@112cmadrid) October 29, 2024
In this case, the accident took place shortly before 1 p.m. in an industrial warehouse at number 6 rue Plank in the aforementioned municipality.
They went to the place National Police, Local Police of Leganés and a mobile IVU of Summa 112 that they found the worker dead and without the possibility of resuscitation, so they confirmed the death.
THE National Police opened an investigation to clarify these facts. Now, a week later, no information has been released about what happened at that time.
