A road worker was killed in an accident on a building site in Semriach near Graz, Austria. The 32-year-old worker from Slovakia was driving a street roller when fell down an embankment. Colleagues who heard his screams ran to his aid but he had been decapitated in the accident. The worker was supposed to have […]
An elderly builder had to be hospitalised following a work accident in Lower Austria yesterday (Mon). The man may have lost his balance before falling off a ladder, officials in Mödling south of Vienna said today. They added that he fell from a height of six metres and landed in an excavation pit. The construction […]
Fewer than one out of three Austrians are satisfied with their personal work-life balance.Just 30 per cent of questioned citizens said, they were pleased about how they reconciled their professional duties and family responsibilities.The Centre for Future Studies at the Fachhochschule college in Salzburg said today (Thurs), it also found that a majority of 53 […]
A 74-year-old father of 10 drowned in a creek after he slipped and fell down an embankment cutting a hedge yesterday (Thurs).The pensioner was found by his wife who started looking for him when he failed to come in for lunch.The man was already dead when the horrified woman spotted him lying in a stream […]
Styrian police said today (Thurs) a pensioner drowned in a well on Tuesday evening.Officials in Krusdorf in the district of Feldbach announced the 78-year-olds body was found by his wife. They added the elderly man had supposedly lost balance as he died instantly after plunging down eight metres.His wife told officers he had been busy […]
A Vienna man is recovering after he was impaled by a garden fence yesterday (Weds).The 45-year-old fell onto one of the fences metal poles after he lost balance while cutting back a bush in his garden in Döbling district. The metal pike ripped through his upper body narrowly missing his ribs and emerged from out […]