The incident took place in the early hours of Monday, a civic official said. Pics/RDMC and Representative images
The under construction building is located at Bhim Nagar in the Vartak Nagar area of Thane district, the civic official said
Jairaj Sardar, a resident of Bhim Nagar, fell off a building and landed on the protruding iron rods at the construction site, the officials said
A rod pierced the man's waist, and workers at the construction site used a grinder machine to cut the rod on either side to extricate him safely, they said
On receiving an alert, local firefighters and a disaster management team rushed to the scene, an official said
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