South Africa: Joburg Construction Worker Has 'Multiple Fractures' After Falling Through Roof

A man, believed to be in his 50s, sustained critical injuries when he fell about eight metres through a roof at a construction site near Sunninghill, Johannesburg, on Tuesday afternoon.

"Shortly after 12:00, paramedics from ER24 arrived at the site in Barbeque Downs where they found the man lying on a concrete floor," ER24 spokesperson Werner Vermaak said.

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