Falling iron block kills city worker

JAKARTA (JP): A construction worker died Wednesday after being stuck on the head by a falling iron block the previous day at a project site on Jl. Kuningan Barat, in Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta.

The death of the worker, identified as Ujang, 17, raised the toll of construction workers killed at their workplace to 102 this year.

A fellow worker, Totok, said that as soon as Ujang collapsed they rushed him to Kebayoran Lama Hospital.

Due to the severity of his head wound, the hospital transferred Ujang to Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, in Central Jakarta, but he died a few hours later, Totok said.

Ujang, from Subang, in West Java, had lived temporarily in the project's makeshift tent, he said. (04)