Labourer crushed to death in Abu Dhabi accident

WORKER KILLED: One labourer died and two were injured after scaffolding collapsed on an Abu Dhabi construction site. (Getty Images)

One labourer died and two were injured when scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

The construction worker from Pakistan was killed in the incident in Abu Dhabi's Al Nahyan Camp area, police said.

Major Saeed Obaid Al Suwaidi, head of the Rapid Intervention and Rescue Operations at Abu Dhabi Police told news agency WAM that officers rushed to the scene and pulled out injured workers from the rubble.

One worker died due to massive injuries after a slab of concrete fell on him, he added.

The death comes as Epoc Messe Frankfurt, organisers of Intersec trade fair and conference to be held in Dubai next month, announced the event will feature Construction Safety as its key theme this year.

Due to take place from January 18-20 2009, Intersec is the largest event for commercial security, safety and health, fire and rescue, and homeland security and policing in the Middle East.

"The rapid increase in the number of construction projects in the UAE and other Gulf countries has caused an alarming number of accidents at construction sites," said Eckhard Pruy, CEO of Epoc Messe Frankfurt.

"A variety of minimum safety standards has been implemented by the government, but the biggest challenge is to make companies adhere to these regulations by imposing fines and sanctions against those who break the rules," he added.

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