Overview
- A 63-year-old worker was struck by falling boards while cleaning inside an about 40-meter stairwell shaft and later died in hospital.
- The incident occurred on a large construction site on Luitpoldstraße in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm at about 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
- Emergency crews rushed the man to a nearby hospital where he died during an immediately started emergency operation.
- Kriminalpolizei Ingolstadt has taken over the criminal investigation and the Berufsgenossenschaft is involved to examine workplace safety and insurance matters.
- Investigators have not yet established a cause or assigned blame and their findings could lead to safety orders, insurance claims, administrative penalties, or criminal charges depending on what the probe reveals.