Construction Workers Injured As Fence Collapses In Abuja

April 19, 2023
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Witnesses said the fence, belonging to a UBA Bank, collapsed on the construction workers who were excavating the site for foundation work to commence.

 

A fence has collapsed causing brutal injuries to construction workers in Abuja.

Two construction workers were fatally injured after the fence along the Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent in the Wuse Zone 2 area of the Federal Capital Territory collapsed.

Witnesses said the fence, belonging to a UBA Bank, collapsed on the construction workers who were excavating the site for foundation work to commence.

Confirming the incident, the Head of Operations of the FCT Federal Fire Service, Engineer Amiola Adebayo, who spoke to pressmen at the site, said of the 6 construction workers who had been trapped under the fallen fence, four had been rescued alive while two had been fatally injured.

He added that the construction workers had failed to erect an embankment wall between the collapsed fence and the site of the ongoing construction, while carrying out the excavation, causing the fence to fall on the workers.

“We had a distress call around 12 pm that there was a building collapse at the former site of Access Bank, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse 2, and we mobilised our men here promptly. Out of the 6 people that were trapped, 4 have been rescued alive, 2 were fatally injured. They were all taken to the Asokoro General Hospital for medical attention.

“The building was under construction, and the adjacent fence to the main building under construction collapsed on the men that were working on the site. No embankment or retaining wall was introduced while they were excavating the site where the building will be situated, so the adjacent wall fell on top of the people that were working on the site.”

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