Worker seriously injured in two-metre roof fall in Stattegg

A 49-year-old worker was seriously injured after falling from a roof during work in Stattegg, in the Graz-Umgebung district, on Tuesday, ORF reported.

The worker, who is from Croatia, was installing protective grilles along the edge of a roof with colleagues from a roofing company when he apparently lost his footing at about 1.15 p.m. He fell around two metres onto a meadow and then slid down an adjoining embankment. He was not wearing fall protection.

His colleagues gave first aid and called emergency services. After treatment at the scene by the Red Cross, he was flown by the Christophorus 12 rescue helicopter to UKH Graz. He was found to have serious injuries and was admitted to hospital.