Worker, 46, Dies in Fall at New Belgrade Construction Site
The Third Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade said worker Z.L., 46, died in a fall from height at the construction site of the New Belgrade railway station.
Worker Z.L., 46, died in a fall from height at the construction site of the “New Belgrade railway station with reconstruction of the railway bridge,” the Third Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade said.
“Worker Z.L. (46) died as a result of a fall from height,” the prosecutor’s office said in its statement.
Kurir, Informer and N1 report that the man fell from a building under construction on Spanskih Boraca Street in New Belgrade, from a height of about 10 meters. None of the three outlets explicitly states that this address is the same location as the railway station construction site named by the prosecutor’s office.
The sources also disagree on the timing of the accident. Kurir writes that the fall happened on Saturday, September 12, at around 8:40 p.m. Informer says it happened “last night.” The prosecutor’s office, in its statement, says the worker died “today.” Informer reports that the ambulance crew that arrived at the scene could only pronounce the man dead.
The public prosecutor from the Third Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade and police officers from the Criminal Police Directorate’s Crime Scene Investigation Department, Eighth Division, went to the scene to carry out an on site investigation. On the prosecutor’s order, a labor inspector was also sent to the construction site.
The prosecutor’s office says that, at the scene, investigators spoke with witnesses to the event, the site managers of the subcontractor firms, and the director and engineer of the company that employed the worker who died. None of the sources name that company.
The public prosecutor also ordered interviews with all other relevant persons and the collection of the necessary documentation, in order to properly establish all the facts and circumstances that led to the fatal outcome.
The public prosecutor will take all measures and actions within his authority, and after gathering all the necessary evidence, will decide, in accordance with the law, on establishing the elements of the criminal offense for which prosecution is undertaken ex officio.
The prosecutor’s office added that, as before, the public will be informed in a timely manner of all facts that can be disclosed without jeopardizing the interests of the proceedings.
