Four workers were killed last week and seven others were injured, three of them seriously, in workplace accidents. Those deaths bring the total workers killed this year to 52.
Sunday
A 57-year-old worker was hit by a heavy object while working at a construction site near Moshav Ahisamakh in central Israel. He was evacuated to Shamir Medical Center in serious condition with multisystem trauma.
Monday
Hamza Muhammad Aqab Ghanaim, 21, from the Arab town of Baqa al-Gharbiyye, was killed after being crushed by a mobile crane at a construction site in the town. He was taken to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in serious condition, unconscious and with bruises to his chest and limbs, where he was pronounced dead.
Nayef Suleiman al-Assem, 41, from the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva in southern Israel, was killed after being crushed under a concrete cupboard that fell on him at a construction site in Moshav Kmehin in the Western Negev.
A 40-year-old worker was injured while working at a factory in the Katzrin industrial zone in the Golan Heights. He was evacuated to Ziv Hospital in moderate condition with an injury to his hand.
A 30-year-old worker was injured by a sharp object while working at a construction site in Herzliya. He was transported to Meir Hospital in moderate condition with injuries to his limbs.
Tuesday
Amer Muhammad al-Hadur, 40, from the Palestinian Authority town of Bidu, was killed after falling from a height at a construction site in Jerusalem. Magen David Adom medics and paramedics performed CPR on him but were forced to pronounce him dead at the scene.
A 27-year-old worker fell from a height of about 15 feet at a construction site in the central city of Ramat Hasharon. He was evacuated to Beilinson Hospital in fair condition with injuries to his head, chest and limbs.
A 60-year-old worker fell about 9 feet from a truck high in Kfar Qasim and was brought to a local clinic. He was evacuated to Beilinson Hospital in serious condition with a head injury, unconscious and on a ventilator.
Wednesday
A 55-year-old worker fell from a height of about 18 feet while working at a factory in an industrial zone in the northern town of Kiryat Bialik. He was evacuated to Rambam Hospital in serious condition, conscious with a head injury.
Thursday
A 41-year-old worker fell from a ladder about 9 feet high, apparently during an olive harvest, and arrived at a local clinic in Tamra, northern Israel. He was evacuated to Rambam Hospital in moderate condition with injuries to his limbs.
Friday
A 21-year-old worker died after falling from a height of about three floors at a construction site in the Arab local council of Bu’eine Nujeidat. MDA medics and paramedics unsuccessfully performed CPR and pronounced him dead at the scene.
This article was translated from Hebrew by Paul Weissfelner.