A construction site on Juemin Road in Sanmin District reported an industrial safety accident this morning. A worker was crushed by a crane overturning the boom while carrying out hanging operations.

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[Reporter Fang Zhixian/Kaohsiung Report] At a construction site on Juemin Road, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung City, there was an industrial safety accident at 8 o'clock this morning. When the workers were carrying out the hanging operation, the crane tilted and overturned, and the boom crushed a 24 A year-old worker surnamed Li injured his head and legs, and the driver surnamed Guo also suffered facial injuries. Firefighters rescued the two injured and sent them to the hospital for emergency treatment. The detailed cause is yet to be ascertained by the police.

The Kaohsiung City Fire Department said that 10 vehicles and 22 people were dispatched to the scene. The toppling of the ground crane caused two workers to be injured. A 24-year-old man suffered head trauma and was conscious.

Another 40-year-old male suffered facial lacerations and was conscious.

A construction site on Juemin Road in Sanmin District reported an industrial safety accident this morning. When a worker was carrying out hanging operations, the crane overturned the boom and crushed a worker.

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