Munich: Kaufhof caretaker dies painfully in paper press – fatal presumption of the cause

• There has been a tragic accident at Rotkreuzplatz in Munich.
• A man was pulled into a paper press.
• The accident was fatal.

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7:39 pm: The 68-year-old, who had been tragically killed, was after tz-Information has worked at Galeria for several years. A cleaning woman found the man on Tuesday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. – How long ago the accident was there is not clear.

It took three hours for the fire brigade to get the victim out of the machine. To tz-Information affects employees deeply. The cleaner who found the dead is in shock. The caretaker is described as a cheerful and extremely helpful man. He was always very careful about his work.

The police are still investigating the exact circumstances of the terrible incident. A technical defect on the machine cannot be ruled out, the officials said. Did the press start suddenly when the man was cleaning it, trying to remove the paper? In any case, it is clear that the dead man was alone when the tragedy occurred. According to the police, the 68-year-old was married.

12 o’clock: The 68-year-old fatality comes from the Landsberg am Lech district, the police have just announced. There was apparently a paper jam in the press system on the Kaufhof site on Tuesday afternoon. This had fatal consequences for the caretaker.

When trying to clear the paper jam, the man got into the press with his upper body and was fatally injured, reports the police. Further investigation should be carried out by the Commissioner 13 (industrial accidents).

10.12 a.m .: The Munich Fire Brigade has just released further details of the tragic accident on the Kaufhof site. The fatality is a 68-year-old caretaker. He had been jammed by the suddenly moving press shop while working on the machine.

Employees found their colleague and immediately called the in-house paramedics and the fire brigade. When the emergency services arrived, the emergency doctor could only determine the death of the 68-year-old.

To free the man, parts of the machine had to be dismantled. With the help of the cable winch on the rescue vehicle of the fire brigade, the press stamp could be pulled forward after about three hours and the deceased released. The alarmed crisis intervention team looked after the affected colleagues of the victim. The police investigated the exact course of the accident.

Drawn in paper press – fatal accident in Munich causes dismay

Update 8.55 a.m .: Like a spokesman for the Fire department Munich confirmed on request, there was a fatal accident in Munich yesterday afternoon-Neuhausen, The device in which a person died is said to be a paper Press have acted. In our first report, we first reported on a garbage press.

It is still unclear whether the victim is an employee of Galeria Kaufhof or an external person. In its preliminary report to the press review on Wednesday, however, the police spoke of a “fatal industrial accident”.

More detailed information on the cause of the accident, the accident or casualty the fire brigade has not yet mentioned. In brief, it should be in consultation with the Munich police give more details about the tragic accident.

Tragic accident at Rotkreuzplatz in Munich: person dies in paper press

First report (January 15, 8 a.m.):

Munich – At Galeria Kaufhof at the Rotkreuzplatz in Munich-Neuhausen it is supposed to be a tragic one on Tuesday afternoon (January 14, 2020) at 4 p.m. accident have come. So one person was fiddling with one trash compactor pulled into the machine for reasons unknown so far. The accident ended deadly,