Israeli Workers Suffer Fatal and Serious Injuries in Workplace Accidents
Translated & summarized from Davar by baba
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- One worker died and 14 were injured in Israeli workplace accidents last week.
- 55 workers have died in workplace accidents since the start of the year.
- The construction sector accounts for the majority of fatalities.
- Injuries included falls, being struck by objects, and explosions.
- Accidents occurred in Rishon LeZion, Rahat, Tiberias, Kiryat Ekron, and other locations.
Over the past week, one worker was killed and 14 others were injured in workplace accidents across Israel, with four sustaining serious injuries. Since the beginning of the year, 55 workers have died in such incidents, predominantly in the construction sector (33) and the industry sector (17).
Recent incidents include a worker in his 40s who was critically injured by a heavy object at a factory in the western Rishon LeZion industrial zone, suffering a head injury. A 16-year-old was moderately injured with limb injuries after falling about two meters at an educational institution in Rahat. Another worker in Tiberias was moderately injured with a head injury after being struck by a heavy object.
On Monday, 22-year-old Hisham Abu Shlachem from Hura was killed in a sewage line work site accident in Kiryat Ekron. He was buried by a collapsing sand pile while working in a trench and later died from his injuries despite resuscitation efforts. Other incidents that day included a 53-year-old worker moderately injured in the legs in Or Yehuda and a 55-year-old worker moderately injured in the limbs at a construction site near Ein Shomron.
Further accidents on Tuesday involved a 76-year-old worker falling at a Rishon LeZion factory, sustaining moderate head and limb injuries, and a worker in his mid-30s critically injured with a head injury by a heavy object at a Givatayim construction site. On Wednesday, a 64-year-old worker suffered severe burns to his upper body in a welding explosion in Even Yehuda, and a 58-year-old worker sustained moderate limb injuries from a fall at a Tel Aviv business.
Incidents continued on Thursday with a foreign worker in his 30s moderately injured by a sharp object at a Yavne construction site, and another worker in his 30s moderately injured with head and back injuries after a fall at an Or Yehuda construction site. On Friday, a 25-year-old worker suffered moderate limb injuries from a fall at an Ariel construction site. A worker in his 50s was seriously injured with multiple systemic injuries at a factory near Afula, and a 37-year-old worker in Rahat was moderately injured with signs of electrocution.
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