A man has suffered a serious electric shock while carrying out maintenance work.
The 25-year-old was hospitalised with serious injuries after the incident at a property in the town of Paola in Malta.
Police are investigating the incident but said that a preliminary investigation had found that the man was carrying out upkeep work in Triq il-Gdida, Rahal Gdid on Sunday afternoon when the incident happened.
First aid was performed at the scene before the man was taken to Mater Dei hospital, where his condition was described as serious.
Malta Today reports that magistrate Ian Farrugia has launched an inquiry into what happened, with experts expected to provide evidence.
In a similar incident, B&M were fined more than £1million after an electrician's body blew up to almost four times its normal size in a horrific industrial accident.
Shahenur Rahman was seriously injured in the incident on September 22 2018 at the discount retailer's UK headquarters in Speke, Liverpool, while working for Bolton-based firm Daker.
He remained in a coma for two weeks and suffered electrical burns to 15 per cent of his body — including his arms, hands, thighs, legs and face — after he was struck by a "Catherine wheel of fire " while connecting a pair of generators, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Last month a man in Devon died after suffering "crushing injuries" at a manufacturing plant, where three others were hurt.
The industrial incident happened at West Country Concrete Products in the village of Shebbear.
One person died at the scene, one was taken to hospital by air ambulance with serious injuries and another two were taken to hospital by land with minor injuries and later discharged.
And earlier this year an investigation found that a worker who lost both his arms after being dragged into a cement mixer did not receive proper training.
The employee, who is unnamed, was using a cement mixer at Derbyshire company David Sharp Studio Limited as he prepared concrete.
He then reached to grab something inside the mixing pan, but was "dragged almost entirely into the mixer" after the paddles made contact with him, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said.
The incident meant his left arm had to be amputated at the upper arm, and his right arm at the forearm and he also sustained injuries to his ribs, face, back and shoulders.
