An Egyptian expatriate worker was killed and another injured after a heavy concrete block fell on them at a work site in Al-Jahra Governorate, Kuwait.
The victim, born in 1984, was pronounced dead after the two men were taken to hospital by ambulance. The injured worker, an Egyptian born in 1973, received medical treatment.
According to a security source, the Interior Ministry’s operations room received a report that two injured expatriates had arrived at the hospital. Security personnel went to the facility and took a statement from the surviving worker, who said the concrete block fell on him and his colleague while they were working.
Authorities subsequently identified the location of the accident and inspected the scene. A case has been registered, and the relevant procedures are underway to establish the circumstances of the incident.
