Wind-throwing work – next forestry accident: Zillertaler seriously injured

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Clean-up work is currently underway in many Tyrolean forests following heavy storm damage involving 600,000 cubic meters of damaged wood. Several accidents have already happened on Saturday in the Zillertal…

The accident happened around 6:15 p.m. in the municipality of Hippach. The background was again logging operations related to the processing of windfalls.

Hit by a branch
For reasons still unclear, a 72-year-old local man was struck by a falling branch while at work and seriously injured. After first aid and rescue by the mountain rescue services of Zell and Mayrhofen, he was flown to the clinic in Innsbruck by emergency helicopter.

Source: Krone

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