Serious work accident: Machine leader in Voestalpine seriously injured!

Serious work accident: Machine leader in Voestalpine seriously injured!

Kalkwerk Steyrling, Kirchdorf, Österreich - A work accident led to serious injuries in the quarry of Voestalpine in the Steyrling lime works near Kirchdorf this morning. According to e-steyr.com, the incident occurred at around 10:30 a.m. when an inner tube head of an approximately eight meter high drilling tower detached and fell from around 2.5 meters onto the ground. A 44-year-old machine operator from the Leoben district was seriously injured when he tried to catch the pipe, which weighed around 20 kilograms, and injured his right thumb.

The emergency doctor immediately helped first aid, and the injured person was brought to Linz to Med Campus III with the help of the rescue helicopter C14. The incident also called on the job inspectorate Wels, which was commissioned to investigate the exact circumstances of the accident.

Another tragedy in the Voestalpine

Another incident in Voestalpine has caused a stir lately. A 43-year-old worker from the Mühlviertel recently suffered such serious injuries from a fallen transformer that he died at the scene of the accident. The company expressed great grief about the loss and emphasized the cooperation with the responsible authorities in order to clarify the exact circumstances of this tragic accident. According to [Nachrichten.at] (https://www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/werker-43-kam-bei-der-voestalpine-leben ;art4,4003693), further examinations are carried out.

These incidents also skill lightly on the security in the workplace, which is a serious topic in Austria and Germany. According to Work accident113.de, there were over 967,000 reporting accidents in Germany alone in 2023, although the number of fatal accidents in recent years has also been significantly lower than in the past. Nevertheless, security in the workplace remains a major challenge, especially in risky industries such as construction and industry.

Especially in the current time when the number of work accident is subject to fluctuations, such accidents must not be in the background. Statistics show that men are overrepresented and the highest accident rate in the age group of 55 to 59-year-olds. Such reports clarify how important it is to continuously review and improve the security standards.