Maintenance worker dies in fall at Semperit

ERJ staff report (DS)

Wimpassing, Austria -- A maintenance worker is dead after falling from a roof at Semperit Technische Produkte Gesellschaft mbH earlier this week.

The worker, a long-time employee of Semperit, has not been named, but was pronounced dead at the scene. He was aged 59. Semperit is working closely with the authorities to ascertain the cause of the accident, in particlar to understand if the company's strict safety procedures were being followed at the time.

Semperit's CTO Richard Ehrenfeldner was informed immediately and expessed his deepest condolences to the family concerned.

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Press release from Semperit (German language)

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