Efe Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

The Gran Canarian palms

Updated Thursday, March 7, 2024-17:57

A worker

responsible for occupational hazards

died this Thursday as a result of injuries sustained when a drum fell on her head, during a visit to a construction site on Chile Street in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, sources from the National Police have informed Efe. .

The

victim, 36 years old,

was carrying out inspection tasks at the construction site he was visiting, according to the National Police.

Homicide officers, scientific police

, local police, firefighters, an ambulance and Labor Inspection personnel

have attended the scene of the event, which occurred after noon, the sources consulted have indicated.

The Police have indicated that since it was a work accident, they could not provide more information about the event, except that the

half-ton drum fell when a pallet was moved

.

The workplace accident has been

prosecuted

and police proceedings have been opened to clarify the facts about the causes of the worker's death.