The accident happened at the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower project intake site 40 kilometres north of Muzaffarabad.
"Four workers including a Chinese engineer were killed when a wall collapsed," Sayed Asif Gardezi, a local administration official, told AFP.
He said a Chinese engineer and two other Pakistani workers were injured but they were out of danger.
The incident was confirmed by local rescue officials.
China is one of Pakistan's main allies and there are thousands of Chinese engineers and other workers in Pakistan helping on infrastructure projects including nuclear power plants, dams and roads.
Industrial safety standards in Pakistan are poor and fatal accidents are common.
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