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.
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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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