Overview

• The 19- and 23-year-old were on an aerial platform installing high-bay racking when they plunged roughly 38 meters.
• Emergency crews transported the 23-year-old to a Gießen clinic for surgery and the 19-year-old to a hospital in Frankfurt, with neither in life-threatening condition.
• Officials report the fall was likely slowed by some braking mechanism rather than occurring unimpeded.
• Both workers remain hospitalized, with the older man stable after his operation.
• Butzbach police have launched an investigation to determine the exact cause of the accident.