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Fatal accident at work on the construction site: man is killed by parts of the scaffolding

2021-06-01T01:08:07.315Z


There was a serious accident at work near Augsburg on Thursday evening. Two workers were injured in the process. One of them has now succumbed to his serious injuries.


There was a serious accident at work near Augsburg on Thursday evening.

Two workers were injured in the process.

One of them has now succumbed to his serious injuries.

Neusäß / Steppach - A man was seriously injured in an accident at work in Steppach near Augsburg *.

He died in a hospital a day later.

The police have started the investigation.

Accident at work on a construction site near Augsburg: Scaffolding parts fall into the construction pit

The accident happened on Thursday evening around 6 p.m. on a construction site in the Alte Reichsstraße in Steppach, as the police in Swabia North announced in a press release.

Two workers - 31 and 42 years old - were working in a pit when several parts of a scaffolding platform detached themselves.

They rushed into the excavation and met the men.

Both workers were injured from the falling pieces and taken to the hospital.

The 42-year-old suffered such serious injuries that he died in the clinic on Friday.

The 31-year-old suffered only minor injuries.

The Augsburg Criminal Police * has now started investigating the cause of the accident.

They are generally consulted in the event of fatal accidents at work.

* Merkur.de / bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

The wording of the police report from the police headquarters in Swabia North

Neusäß - On Thursday, May 27th, 2021, there was a tragic industrial accident in the Steppach district in the Alte Reichsstraße at around 6 p.m.

On a construction site, two workers aged 42 and 31 were injured when parts of a scaffolding platform fell on the men in the excavation.

The 42-year-old was so badly injured that he died in hospital on the same day.

The 31-year-old, however, remained slightly injured.

The Augsburg Criminal Police started investigations into the accident at work in order to determine the causes of the fatal outcome.

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Source: merkur

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