A 24-year-old crane operator has been charged with carelessness by Navi Mumbai police after a worker died on a house building site, according to an official on Friday.

The deadly accident occurred on May 27 while Haiderali Fajleimam Sheikh was using a crane to hoist cement blocks in Nawde, Panvel. According to the authorities, Sheikh did not keep appropriate communication with Manoj Sintu Soran (35), who was on the ground. A portion of the crane broke, allowing the cement blocks to fall and crush Soran to death, reported PTI.