Six workers were injured in work accidents last week, five of them moderately and one seriously. Since the beginning of the year, 28 workers have been killed in work accidents. On Tuesday the body of Nir Dekel, 54, was found after five weeks of searching. Dekel, an Israel Electric Corporation worker, was killed in mid-March when a crane he was working on collapsed into the Mediterranean Sea at the Rutenberg Power Station in Ashkelon. His funeral was held Friday at Kibbutz Or HaNer.
Sunday, April 23
A 43-year-old worker suffered a fall while working at a house undergoing renovations on David Ben Gurion Boulevard in Kiryat Malakhi. He was taken to Assuta Hospital in Ashdod in moderate condition with injuries to his limbs.
Monday, April 24
A 67-year-old worker was hit by a heavy object while working near a construction site on HaMa'agan Street in Nahariya. He was taken to the Galilee Medical Center in moderate condition with chest and limb injuries.
A 23-year-old worker fell from the roof of a barn in a kibbutz in the Yoav Regional Council and was taken to Kaplan Medical Center in serious condition with multiple trauma.
Tuesday, April 25
A 27-year-old worker was injured by a heavy object that fell at a factory in Nesher. He was taken to Rambam Health Care Campus in moderate condition with head and limb injuries.
Thursday, April 27
A 76-year-old worker was hit by a truck at a factory near Shoham. He was taken to Sheba Tel-HaShomer Medical Center in moderate condition with injuries to his limbs.
Friday, April 28
A 62-year-old worker was moderately injured after suffering a fall while working on a crane in the Gilboa Regional Council. Magen David Adom medics and paramedics treated him on the scene and evacuated him to the Emek Medical Center in Afula in moderate condition with injuries to his upper body.
This article was translated from Hebrew by Rose Angela.
