Brenner Tunnel: so far 5 dead in Austria, none in Italy

Three accidents took place within four days at the Mega-Construction site at the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT). Now, additional safety measures are being implemented. Critical words come again and again from the General Confederation of Trade Unions AGB/CGIL South Tyrol. Under the Brenner Pass, the world's longest underground railway connection for freight and passenger transport is established. Around the clock, this mega-construction site is worki…

“Luck has nothing to do with it, the fact is that in Austria there is a different idea of a construction site.” This is stated by Marco Nardini, secretary general of the Fillea CGIL of Trentino Alto Adige. (BEND)

The man was rolled over by a heavy vehicle. Only on Saturday a worker had suffered severe head injuries on the construction site, a few days before another had been injured.

A worker was struck and run over by a reversing truck on Sunday morning at a construction site for the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) in Steinach am Brenner in Tyrol (Innsbruck-Land district). The man died at the scene, police reported. The serious accident occurred during work in an exploratory tunnel.

A worker was rolled over by a heavy vehicle around noon, police spokesman Christian Viehweider told the APA. The man died at the scene of the accident. How exactly the accident happened was the subject of an investigation.Only on Saturday a man had suffered severe head injuries on the construction site. He had been trapped by tunnel wall elements, so-called Tübbingen, and was found badly injured by a colleague.A few days earlier, a man had been …

In the event of an accident on the construction site of the Brenner Base Tunnel in Tyrol, a worker was killed today. The man was rolled over by a heavy vehicle.