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A suspected broken wire rope on a crane truck during a lifting operation at a construction site on Saturday had led to four workers's injuries with two in serious condition. The four were hit with fallen metal rod materials while lifting them, the report said.
Police said they responded to a call at around 1.30 pm on Saturday reporting an accident in a construction site at Ferry Street and Kansu Street in Yau Ma Tei having 4 people trapped under the metal rods.
The firefighters arrived and rescued the four. They were said to be conscious at the time.
The report said the two who were seriously injured were rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital while the other two, who suffered lighter injuries, were sent to Kwong Wah Hospital.
The police's initial investigation revealed that a steel wire broke on the crane truck when the rods were being delivered.
Police said the incident had been classified as an industrial accident and investigations are ongoing.
油麥地工地四人受傷，兩人傷勢嚴重
週六，在一個建築工地進行起重作業時，一輛起重車上的鋼絲繩疑似斷裂，導致四名工人受傷，其中兩人傷勢嚴重。 報導稱，這四人在搬運時被掉落的金屬棒材料擊中。
警方表示，他們在週六下午1時30分左右接到報警，稱油麻地渡船街和甘肅街的一個建築地盤發生事故，有4人被困在金屬棒下。
消防員趕到後將四人救出。 據說他們當時是有意識的。
報道稱，兩名重傷者被送往伊利沙伯醫院，另外兩人傷勢較輕，被送往廣華醫院。
警方初步調查顯示，吊車在運送棒材時，一根鋼絲斷裂。
警方表示，該事件已被列為工業事故，調查正在進行中。
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