Police in Korca have arrested two senior employees of the construction company Konstruksion 93 over the death of one construction worker, and the injury of another yesterday.
Police suspect that due to non-compliance with occupational safety rules, 36-year-old Elvis Josif was killed after part of a concrete slab fell on his head. The incident also caused injury to another worker who is being treated in hospital but is said to be in a stable condition.
Police said that in the course of their investigations into the circumstances around the death and injury, a 67-year-old man from Korce with ‘technical responsibility’ for the firm, and a 41-year-old man were both arrested.
Konstruksion 93 company was working on a 4 storey building near the Bazaar in the centre of the town.
