New Belgrade: Worker, 22, Injured in 10th-Floor Fall
A 22-year-old worker was taken to the Emergency Center with multiple fractures, and ropes kept him from hitting the ground. The circumstances are unclear.
A 22-year-old worker was seriously injured on Saturday, October 10, after falling from the tenth floor of a residential building in New Belgrade while removing the outdoor unit of an air conditioner. The ropes he was tied to held him, so he did not hit the ground. He was rushed to the Emergency Center, where doctors found multiple fractures.
All details of the accident are unofficial. Telegraf was the first to report them, on October 11 at 5:03 p.m., citing unofficial information. Kurir ran the same report at 5:06 p.m. and Mondo at 6:20 p.m., with Mondo explicitly naming Telegraf as its source. There are no other sources, so everything below rests on a single original claim.
What is known about the accident
- Time: Saturday, October 10, 2026, with the news published the following afternoon.
- Place: a residential building in New Belgrade; the street has not been published.
- Injured person: a 22-year-old worker, name not published.
- Task at hand: removing the outdoor unit of an air conditioner on the tenth floor.
- Height: sources say he fell from about 30 meters.
- Injuries: multiple fractures, diagnosed at the Emergency Center, where he was taken urgently.
How far did the worker actually fall?
The sources are not entirely clear here. They say he fell from about 30 meters, and in the same sentence that ropes stopped him from reaching the ground. None of them says how far he dropped before the ropes caught him, or how he was secured. Kurir mentions cables in its opening paragraph and ropes in the body, so even that detail is inconsistent.
It has also not been reported whether the worker was conscious when he reached the hospital, or what his current condition is, beyond the fact that he has several fractures.
What is still unknown
In the three sources we read, there is no statement from the police, the prosecutor’s office or the labor inspectorate, and the employer has not commented. No source names the company the young man worked for.
Mondo writes that the circumstances of the accident are not yet known and that an investigation is under way, but does not say who is leading it. Telegraf and Kurir do not mention an investigation. Until the authorities say what caused the fall, it remains open who tied the worker in and how, and whether proper equipment for work at height was provided.
