A man died on Friday in the town of Telde, due south of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria – the Canary Islands, after a loader crane dropped a pallet of blocks onto him as he stood and watched.
The man was crushed under the falling load and is said to have died almost instantly. The crane a Palfinger PK 63002, was unloading blocks from a truck into the yard of a home under construction in the narrow alley. The police have now confirmed that the man, in his 40s, was the homeowner.
The emergency services arrived rapidly, but there was apparently nothing that could be done, The incident is being investigated by bit the police and Labour Inspectorate after the incident was classified as a work related incident.
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