Worker survives fall in elevator shaft


KOTA KINABALU: A construction worker survived a fall from the sixth floor to the basement while working on an elevator shaft. He escaped with only a leg injury.

A spokesman of the Sabah Fire and Rescue Department said 55-year-old Nasir Sammah was winched out of the elevator shaft by firemen who received a distress call at 12.28pm yesterday.

Rescue effort: Firemen helping the construction worker onto a stretcher after his fall while working on an elevator shaft.Rescue effort: Firemen helping the construction worker onto a stretcher after his fall while working on an elevator shaft.

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