Tag: roller

Worker killed by street roller

Post date August 21, 2013

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 […]

Tags accident, balance, building, machine, roller, Semriach, site, street, wood, worker

Road roller driver drops down ravine

General News

Post date June 7, 2011

A 26-year-old worker was airlifted to a hospital after he fell down a 50-metre embankment while operating a street roller yesterday afternoon (Mon).The man from Altenmarkt in Salzburgs Pongau region came off the rural road at the roadwork site in Rennweg near Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia. He sustained life-threatening injuries when he dropped down […]

Tags embankment, Klagenfurt, Pongau, Rennweg, road, roller, Salzburgs, Spittal, street, surgeons