The police on Tuesday said that a 39-year-old worker has died after falling from the fourth floor of an under-construction building in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported news agency PTI.

A case has been registered against the builder and the contractor for negligence in connection with the incident which occurred at 1.35 pm on Sunday at a site located on Khardi Road in Kausa area, an official from Mumbra police station said.

"The victim has been identified as Arjun Kishori Patwa, a resident of Diva Colony. He was doing a plastering job on the fourth floor of the under-construction building when he accidentally fell and succumbed to his injuries on the spot," the official said, reported PTI.