Firefighters in Ashdod completed the complex rescue of a worker who became trapped inside a concrete formwork after a ground collapse at a construction site Thursday afternoon, Israel Fire and Rescue Services reported. The worker was freed using heavy equipment and handed over to medics in serious condition. The area was searched and no other trapped persons were found.
Firefighters from the Ashdod station completed the complex extraction of a worker in serious condition who was trapped inside a concrete formwork after a ground collapse at a construction site Thursday afternoon, Israel Fire and Rescue Services reported. The rescue operation concluded shortly after 14:42 Jerusalem, according to The Zioneer's coverage.
Initial reports at 14:42 Jerusalem, first received by Magen David Adom and Ichud Hatzala and published by The Zioneer, described a worker trapped under a mound of earth near the Ad Halom junction. Over subsequent minutes, corroboration expanded: MDA reported the worker as 24, in serious condition; Ichud Hatzala and Fire and Rescue Services confirmed the incident involved a concrete formwork collapse and that heavy equipment was being used. By 14:42, Fire and Rescue reported the successful extraction and handover to medics, ruling out other trapped persons.
As The Zioneer reported on Mon Jun 15, rescue crews were called to a building collapse near Ma'ayan Kerem; on Wed Jun 17, a child was freed from a concrete cube in Modiin Illit; and on Sun Jun 21, a worker was severely injured in a fall in Ashkelon. Workplace accidents at construction sites remain a recurring concern across Israel.
No further trapped individuals were found, and the circumstances of the ground collapse have not been detailed by authorities. The worker's identity and hospital condition update remain unstated.
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