Fatal accident – heavy plastic part crushes workers

A terrible accident at work occurred on Friday in the neighboring Allgäu near Memmingen (D). In a plastics processing company, a 20-year-old was crushed by a part weighing tons – for the man, any help came too late despite the rescue measures initiated immediately.

The company member of the Eggenthal company was busy working on a component weighing several tons on Friday at around 11.45 a.m. when, for reasons unknown up to now, it leaned to the side and pressed the worker against another component.

The accident victim was immediately relieved of the heavy burden by work colleagues, but despite the resuscitation initiated immediately, which was continued by the rescue workers of the Bavarian Red Cross and the emergency doctor, the young man died of his serious injuries on site.

The first investigations at the scene of the accident were carried out by the Kaufbeuren police station and the Memmingen criminal investigation department. In addition, an expert was consulted on behalf of the public prosecutor’s office to clarify the course of the accident. Further investigations into the accident will be carried out by the specialist commissioner of the Kaufbeuren criminal police.

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