Accident in the Zillertal – worker trapped between plank and lifting platform

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Fatal industrial accident Tuesday in the Tyrolean Zillertal: A 27-year-old Czech was trapped in a warehouse in Mayrhofen between a lifting platform and a shelf. The man suffered serious injuries.

According to the police, the accident happened around 2 p.m. at a company in Mayrhofen, while two men were working on the cherry picker. “When one of the two, a 21-year-old Czech, drove the mobile jack-up platform to the right, the compatriot (27) who was standing at the other end of the jack-up platform got stuck between a plank and the jack-up platform,” the police report says.

With a helicopter in the clinic
The 27-year-old was seriously injured. After first aid on the spot, he was flown by rescue helicopter to the clinic in Innsbruck.

Source: Krone

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