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Two Croatian workers had to be rescued seriously injured from the tunnel of the Mallnitz-Böckstein Tauern lock (Carinthia) on Tuesday afternoon.

Work is currently taking place in the Mallnitz-Böckstein Tauern lock tunnel - two workers were seriously injured in an accident on Tuesday. Two pieces of equipment collided at kilometer 36.8: "On track 1 in the direction of Böckstein, a rail-mounted work platform collided with a rail-mounted work machine while reversing at around 2.45 p.m.," the police report.

Trapped and fell to the ground
Specifically, a 30-year-old worker from Styria had probably overlooked the work machine behind him when reversing the raised work platform - resulting in a collision. "There was a 36-year-old and a 37-year-old Croatian worker on the machine who were seriously injured in the accident," according to the provincial police headquarters. According to officials, one of the two was trapped between the machines and the other fell to the ground.

Labor inspectorate on site
After first aid on site and subsequent rescue from the tunnel, they were flown to Klagenfurt Hospital and Villach Regional Hospital by the rescue helicopters "C11" and "RK1". The construction site was closed for several hours while the police and the labor inspectorate investigated the accident.