A 27-year-old construction worker was seriously injured this morning when he was crushed by a forklift while working in a construction company's warehouse in Sassari.
The accident occurred around 7am, in the forecourt of a company on via Buddi Buddi.
Emergency medical services responded to the scene with an ambulance, which provided first aid to the injured man and then took him to the emergency room of the Santissima Annunziata Hospital in Sassari, where he was in critical condition. The initial diagnosis was abdominal crush trauma. The young man's prognosis is guarded, but not life-threatening.
According to initial investigations by law enforcement, the worker was moving material when, for reasons yet to be ascertained, he was crushed by a forklift.
(Unioneonline)