A female worker died after falling from the fifth floor of a building under construction in Nairobi’s Kariokor area.
Police said the incident happened at the site along Gen Waruinge Road on Wednesday morning as the woman was busy at work.
The victim, identified as Linet Maina, 37 was among about 20 workers at the site when the accident happened.
She slipped through the void and landed on the second floor, sustaining fatal wounds.
Her body was moved to City Mortuary awaiting autopsy.
This is the latest such incident to happen at a construction site amid calls for protection of the workers who are exposed and are victims.
Police said they were investigating another incident where a worker died at a construction site in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area when the latest one was reported.
The victim, identified as Frankline Makori, 42 was among a group of masons at the site along Galore Street when he slipped and fell from the seventh floor.
They were constructing the structure Tuesday May 6 when the incident happened.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival with broken limbs.
Police visited the scene and ordered its closure pending an investigation.
This is the latest such incident to happen in the industry amid calls for strict enforcement of the law by relevant authorities.
Dozens of workers die in such incidents at construction sites.
Meanwhile, a boy aged 18 died after being struck by lightning in Kapkures area, Naivasha, Nakuru County.
The victim was among pupils at a school playing football at Rainedge Secondary School with his friends while it was raining, when they were struck by the lightning.
He was rushed to Koki Clinic within Elementaita, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Several other pupils were injured in the incident and were treated and discharged from the same facility.
The body was moved to the Nakuru County Mortuary, awaiting postmortem examination.
Local authorities are calling on villagers to install gadgets that can contain such tragedies.
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