The Menlyn Park Shopping Centre will probe the circumstances behind an accident that happened on Wednesday, which left three construction workers injured after a load of glass fell on them.

According to a report by the Pretoria East Rekord a glazing supplier was delivering glass panels to the construction site at the shopping centre when a few slid off and fell onto the men supposed to offload them, marketing manager Andrea de Wit said.

She told the paper the three worked for the contractor and were admitted to hospital.

Netcare 911 spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said the men were seriously injured.

“When paramedics arrived on the scene, they found one man still trapped underneath the glass. Paramedics removed the glass and pulled the man out,” she said.

The workers were stabilised on the scene before being transported to hospital.

De Wit said one had already been discharged while the other two were in a stable condition.

Construction at the Menlyn Park shopping centre, owned by Pareto Limited, is currently underway. The centre is receiving a R2 billion expansion and facelift to add 200 new stores and turn the centre into the largest shopping centre on the continent.

“Access into the area where the accident occurred is controlled and therefore the public shopping space.”

This was the second incident on the construction site in two weeks.

Last week, a concrete slab slipped off sending people into a frenzy on social media.

De Wit said no one was injured and the area was appropriately barricaded. That accident was also being investigated.

–Pretoria East Rekord (Rorisang Kgosana)