Four workers were killed in accidents at construction sites and other workplaces throughout Israel last week. Another 29 workers suffered injuries, including 10 with serious injuries. The search is ongoing for an electric company employee who has been missing since a crane collapsed at the Rotenberg power plant in Ashkelon on Tuesday. This brings the total number of workplace fatalities to 22 since the start of the year.
Sunday, March 12 – 3 injured
A 42-year-old man was moderately injured after a tractor overturned in the town of Kaukab in northern Israel. He was evacuated to Rambam Hospital in Haifa.
Two workers were injured by a heavy object while unloading a truck in the Gezer Regional Council. They were evacuated to the Shamir Medical Center with one, 50 years old, in moderate condition with chest and limb injuries, and the other sustaining light injuries.
Monday, March 13 – 4 injured, 1 in serious condition
A 70-year-old worker fell from a height of about two meters (6.5 feet) while unloading a truck in Yavne and was taken to Sheba Tel HaShomer Hospital in moderate condition with a head injury.
A 50-year-old worker was reportedly injured by a tree branch during pruning work on Yosef Nebo Street in Herzliya. He was taken to Ichilov Hospital in moderate condition with a head injury.
A 67-year-old worker was injured by a machine at a factory in Karmiel. He was taken to the Rambam Hospital in serious condition with a significant injury to his hand.
A 35-year-old worker was injured by a heavy platform that hit him at a factory in Kiryat Malachi and was taken to Assuta Hospital in Ashdod in moderate condition, unconscious with an abdominal injury.
Tuesday, March 14 – 8 injured, 2 in serious condition
A crane collapsed on the coal unloading dock at the Rotenberg power plant in Ashkelon. An electric company employee was pulled from the water and taken to Barzilai Hospital in moderate condition. The body of Naftali Edri, a 66-year-old fisherman who was in the area, was found a day later, and the search continues for another employee of the electric company, Nir Dekel, who has been missing since the accident.
A 50-year-old worker fell from a ladder while working at a factory in Arad. He was taken to Soroka Hospital in moderate condition with a head injury.
A 46-year-old worker suffered a fall during his work on Zvi Mandelblat Street in Herzliya. He was taken to Meir Hospital in moderate condition with injuries to his limbs.
A 50-year-old worker fell from a height of about two meters (6.5 feet) while working at Moshav Zanoah in the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. He was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in serious condition with a head injury.
A 34-year-old worker was injured by a forklift in a store on Haumann Street in Jerusalem. He was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in moderate condition with injuries to his limbs.
A 60-year-old worker fell from a ladder while working on Shivat Zion Street in Haifa and was taken to Rambam Hospital in moderate condition with a head injury.
A 36-year-old worker was hit by a heavy object while working at a factory in Jatt and was taken to Hillel Yaffe Hospital in serious condition with multiple trauma.
A 40-year-old worker fell from a height of about four meters (13 feet) at a construction site in Binyamina and was taken to Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera in moderate condition with head, chest and limb injuries.
Wednesday, March 15 – 2 dead, 4 injured, including 2 in serious condition
Muhammad Ratab Zubaidat, 32, from the village of Zubaidat in the Jericho Governorate of the West Bank, was killed after being hit by a concrete slab at the Sibus Rimon factory in Be'er Sheva. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gabi Makhlouf, 50, from Ashkelon, was killed after the forklift he was in fell from a truck in a garage in Ashkelon. He was taken to Barzilai Hospital in serious condition and later died of his injuries.
A 22-year-old worker was injured after his leg was caught in an iron-cutting machine at a factory in Pardes Hanna. He was taken to Hillel Yaffe Hospital in moderate condition with a leg injury.
A 50-year-old worker fell from a height of five meters (16 feet) while working in the Hof HaSharon Regional Council. He was taken to Ichilov Hospital in serious condition with multiple trauma.
A 40-year-old worker was injured by a heavy object at a work site in the Idan Negev Industrial Park. He was taken to Soroka Hospital in moderate condition with injuries to his limbs.
A 24-year-old worker was injured while working with a chainsaw in Rishon LeZion. He was taken to Wolfson Hospital in moderate condition with injuries to his limbs.
Thursday, March 16 – 2 dead, 8 injured, including 4 in serious condition
Ali Talib al-Hawamada, 35, and Mustafa Ahmal al-Hawamada, 48, residents of the town of as-Samu in the Hebron Governorate of the West Bank, were killed when the scaffolding collapsed at a seven-story construction site in Ramat Gan. The scaffolding appears to have collapsed as a result of being hit by a crane.
Six other workers were injured in the incident: a 30-year-old worker in serious condition with multiple trauma and a 20-year-old worker in moderate condition with head injuries were evacuated to Tel HaShomer Hospital. A 30-year-old employee in serious condition with multiple trauma and two 20-year-old employees in moderate condition with head injuries were taken to Beilinson Hospital. Another 20-year-old worker was taken to Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital with light injuries to his head and limbs.
A 39-year-old worker fell from a height of three meters (10 feet) while working at a construction site on Landau Street in Or Yehuda. He was taken to Sheba Tel HaShomer Hospital in serious condition with a head injury.
A 35-year-old worker was hit by a heavy object while working at a factory in Bnei Ayish. He was taken to Assuta Hospital in serious condition with injuries to his limbs.
Friday, March 17 – 1 seriously injured
A 50-year-old worker suffered a fall while working at a factory in Jerusalem. He was taken to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in serious and unstable condition with a head injury.
This article was translated from Hebrew by Noah Mirkin.
