A painter died after a crane he and his colleague were using malfunctioned and threw them from the first floor of a house in Pangani.
He died on the spot after sustaining serious injuries to the head.
The injured colleague who sustained a broken leg after the Saturday incident is stable in hospital.
The two were painting a building on Chai Road when the crane they were using to elevate them developed mechanical defects.
According to police and other colleagues, the machine forced them off the first floor of the building before landing on the ground floor.
Police arrived at the scene and moved the body to the mortuary.
Such accidents have been on the rise in the city amid calls on authorities to enforce safety laws on workers.
Meanwhile, police are investigating the death of a guard whose body was found in his house in Hardy, Karen.
Police said the guard had failed to report to his place of work prompting his employer to check on him within the same compound where he was found lying dead on his bed.
Police who visited the scene said the deceased’s body did not have any physical marks.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy to establish the cause of death.
