Fatal accident at work in Gampern: sadness and shock in the community!

Fatal accident at work in Gampern: sadness and shock in the community!

A tragic work accident shakes the small community of Gampern in Upper Austria. On Tuesday afternoon, while the local Mardi Gras festival was in full swing, several construction workers were buried in soil at a construction site. The emergency services, including the fire department and the Red Cross, rushed to the scene of the accident at around 3 p.m., but the situation quickly became complex. A total of five people were affected, but only three were saved. Two workers suffered serious injuries and died at the scene of the accident, as “krone.at” reported.

Rescue operations and investigations

Despite the spring-like sun that illuminated the construction site, there was great excitement when the rescue workers arrived on site. While two workers were rescued with relatively minor injuries, it turned out that another worker had to be transported to the clinic in Gmunden with serious injuries. The urgent question that the police now want to clarify is whether the construction site was properly secured. The exact circumstances of the accident are still unclear, and investigations are ongoing, as “kosmo.at” also stated.

This incident comes just two weeks after another tragic workplace accident in Upper Austria, where two men fell into an elevator shaft. Such a series of serious accidents raises great concern in the region and highlights an urgent need for improved safety measures at construction sites. Communities and safety agencies are now under pressure to ensure the safety of workers and avoid similar tragedies in the future.