2 construction workers killed in accidents in Helsinki

Two construction workers were killed in separate accidents at workplaces in Helsinki this week, reported national broadcaster Yle.

Police on Thursday said that an elderly worker of 62-year-old died on Tuesday at a building construction site on Sinimäentie, near Tapiola in Espoo.

He had been working as an assistant on a pile driver when he was struck and died on the spot.

Police are investigating the case as a suspected violation of occupational safety. In another accident, one worker was killed and another injured when a conveyor cage fell sideways at a fifth-floor level, dropping them from a height of 19 metres at

Kalasatama area in Helsinki on Monday. The dead was 29 years old.