General News of Tuesday, 23 October 2018Source: Graphic.com.ghMason dies after jumping from sixth floor of Legon Mallplay videoThe uncompleted storey building from which the victims jumpedA mason who was working on a section of the Legon Mall in Accra died yesterday when he jumped in an attempt to escape from a collapsing beam on the sixth floor of the building. Six other persons, who were also working on the uncompleted building, sustained varying degrees of injury after jumping from the same floor. While four of the injured workers were said to be receiving medical care at the Legon Hospital at the time of going to press, the rest were said to have been referred to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and the 37 Military Hospital respectively. Although he could not give the total number of people who were working on the sixth floor, he said they were many and that some of them were casting concrete while others were engaged in other activities. Mr Simpson, however, noted that the contractors working on the building, which was an extension of the Legon Mall, did not adhere to some safety measures to protect the workers.

Source: GhanaWeb October 23, 2018 10:18 UTC