02:17 pm, Friday 27 August, 2010

The 25-year-old sub-contractor who was injured on Tuesday at a Brisbane CBD construction site is reported to remain in a critical condition.

He was crushed between a lift equipment and a concrete beam in an Albert Street site. He suffered serious head and chest injuries.

He was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) where he is in an induced coma.

The building site was closed on Wednesday and it is not yer clear when the construction work will resume.

A Queensland Workplace Health and Safety investigation is currently underway.

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