Construction worker Jasim dies after falling while building a safety net in Nesherabad, Pirojpur
A construction worker named Md Jasim, 35, has died after falling from the fourth floor of the new Nesherabad Upazila Parishad building in Pirojpur.
The accident happened while he was working to build a safety net around the building in preparation for starting construction of the fifth floor. He died while under treatment after being taken to hospital seriously injured.
The accident took place on Friday night, November 13, at the new Upazila Parishad building in Nesherabad. Jasim was the son of Md Idris Ali of neighbouring Kaukhali upazila.
The fifth-floor construction work on the new four-storey Nesherabad Upazila Parishad building has been awarded to Patuakhali contractor Messrs KK Enterprise.
Iron angles were being welded to build a safety net around the building in preparation for the construction work.
As part of that work, on Friday night Jasim was sitting on a tin shed on the east side of the building welding an angle beside it. The tin shed then broke and he fell below and was seriously injured.
He was quickly taken to Nesherabad Upazila Health Complex, where the doctor on duty referred him to Barishal for better treatment.
He later died while under treatment at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal.
Md Shamim, who represents the work, confirmed the death and said: 'It was entirely an accident. The family of the deceased will be given the maximum cooperation. They will be helped in whatever way they want.'
Nesherabad upazila LGED engineer Md Raisul Islam said the fifth-floor work had been given to KK Enterprise of Patuakhali, and that the young man fell from above and died on Friday night while welding angles for the safety net.
Dr Md Shahin Ahmed, the emergency department doctor on duty at Nesherabad Upazila Health Complex, said the patient's blood pressure could not be found when he was brought to hospital at night. He was restless and in a very critical condition, and was sent to Barishal after primary treatment.
Nesherabad Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ashik Ahmed said safety net work was under way around the building for the fifth floor. The young man fell and was seriously injured while welding an angle sitting on a tin shed, and he later learned of the death.
