“Dragged by the trunk”: Two more serious forestry accidents in Upper Austria

A 27-year-old was hit by a tree trunk in Rohrbach-Berg and seriously injured. A similar accident also occurred in Munderfing (Braunau district). A 65-year-old had to be taken to the hospital by rescue helicopter on Saturday morning.

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The 27-year-old forestry worker from the Rohrbach district was hit by a tree that had already been felled in a sloping forest property in the Nößlbach area (Rohrbach municipality) and was seriously injured.

The accident occurred on Friday around 1:15 p.m. The forestry worker had connected two felled trees with a chain so that they could be pulled down with a harvester. He gave the okay to the driver of the heavy machine, which then started moving along with the trees. One of the tree trunks probably got wedged, turned and hit the forest worker who was walking alongside in the body. This is how the police describe the accident.

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The worker was seriously injured and was taken to the Rohrbach Clinic after receiving first aid from an emergency doctor.

“Fallen and dragged along”

The rescue helicopter “Europe 3” was in action at another forestry accident on Saturday morning. A 65-year-old from the Braunau district was hit by a felled tree in Munderfing (Braunau district), dragged and injured.

According to the police, the serious accident occurred in Kobernausserwald at around 9 a.m. The 65-year-old was doing woodwork with a 48-year-old from the Braunau district when the accident occurred. A felled tree trunk was being pulled along a forest road with a tractor driven by the 48-year-old when the 65-year-old fell and was hit by the trunk. “He was caught by the 10-meter-long tree trunk, dragged along for some distance and injured in the left arm and leg area,” says Friedrich Stadlmayr, press spokesman for the Upper Austria police, to the OÖN.

The injured man was taken by helicopter to the Salzburg accident hospital.

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