Terrible accident near Munich: A construction worker got into an excavator shovel with both arms - just as it was closing.
- A serious work accident occurred on Monday (April 6) in Feldkirchen near Munich.
- A folding excavator bucket broke both arms of a worker.
- His colleagues had to be given pastoral care.
Feldkirchen - The accident happened on Monday, April 6th, at 4.20 p.m. at a construction site in Feldkirchen. A 33-year-old from the eastern district of Munich was injured during excavation work during the assembly of a steel girder . According to current knowledge, the worker came into the bucket with both arms when closing the excavator bucket and suffered an open fracture of both forearms , the police reported .
Excavator accident near Munich: seriously injured comes to emergency room
His colleagues immediately took over primary care and made an emergency call. An ambulance , an emergency vehicle and the rescue helicopter Christoph Munich were ordered to the site.
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Accompanied by an emergency doctor , the 33-year-old was admitted to the shock room of a Munich clinic. The injured's colleagues were then cared for by an employee of the crisis intervention team .
After a serious accident with an excavator in Feldkirchen: police investigated the outcome
The responsible commissioner 13 of the Munich Police Headquarters has taken over the investigation into the course of the accident.
A serious accident also occurred in Peiting (Schongau region) on Monday. A grandfather overran his two-year-old granddaughter. Particularly tragic: the child died.