Dive Brief:

• Police in Dubai on Monday announced that three construction workers died as the result of a crane collapse near the Burj Khalifa, the skyline icon which is currently the world's tallest building.
• The collapse reportedly injured at least five other workers.
• Some construction company officials have been detained as an investigation looks into whether or not errors were made during the crane's installation.

Dive Insight:

The scale and scope of projects built in Dubai during its construction boom is awe-inspiring, but that growth introduced concerns for the safety of the millions of laborers being employed. Any site accident resulting in death is a tragedy, but negligence would be inexcusable if it turns out that proper precautions were ignored.