Supervisor jailed after crane collapses on workers

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CRANE KILLINGS: A Doha court has jailed a construction site supervisor for two years after a crane collapsed, killing four men and injured three others. (Getty Images)

A Doha court has jailed a construction site supervisor for two years after a crane collapsed, killing four men and injured three others, Qatar daily Gulf Times reported on Sunday.

The supervisor, from Syria, and his employer were also fined 20,000 Qatari riyals ($5,499) each for the accident which killed three Filipino men and one Indian man.

The accident occurred on March 19, 2007, when a crane being operated for the first time tilted and fell upon the workers at a construction site near the West Bay, Doha.

The superviser, his employer and insurance firm were jointly ordered to pay 150,000 Qatari riyals as ‘bloodmoney’ to families of three of the victims, the newspaper said.

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