| SUDDEN FALL. Metaphil workers hold an emergency meeting (inset) at the construction site of the Tsuneishi Heavy Industries in Balamban, where 4 of their colleagues died and 6 others were wounded when part of the steel trusses they were working on collapsed yesterday afternoon. The workers were preparing to install the roof of an assembly building where the hulls of ships will be built. (Sun.Star Photo/Alex Badayos) |
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FOUR men were killed while six were wounded after they fell from a height of nearly 18 meters inside Phase 4 of the Tsuneishi Heavy Industries, Inc. yesterday afternoon.
Seledonio Rivera Jr., 46, Romeo Dindin, Arthur Subing-subing, 30, and Israel Torcuolas, 39, were declared dead at the Balamban District Hospital.
Their fellow welders Noel Arcillas, Danilo Capangpangan, Francisco Igmedio, Narciso Ruiz, Gerome Tolin and Richard Cabañero were taken to the Cebu Velez General Hospital in Cebu City for treatment.
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