Serious accident on Christmas market: Pendel meets employees on the head!

Serious accident on Christmas market: Pendel meets employees on the head!

At the Christmas market in Berlin-Lichtenberg, a serious accident occurred on Wednesday evening, in which a 20-year-old employee of a carousel was seriously injured. The young man, who worked for the XXL swing on the "Lichtenberger Winter time", apparently accidentally got into the danger area of the ride. When the pendulum of the swing cut down quickly, it was hit on the back of the head, fell to the ground and lost consciousness. Several visitors immediately provided first aid, and after an emergency call, the rescue workers were alerted, who brought the injured to a hospital at night where he was treated in the intensive care unit, such as t-online.de reported.

The police discovered at the scene of the accident that there were no security barriers between the work and swivel area of the swing. This led to an investigation into negligent bodily harm to the 46-year-old foreman of the driving business. The State Office for Occupational Safety, Health and Technical Security Berlin will also carry out a check of the carousel. It is not the first incident at the Christmas market this week; Already on Monday there was a technical defect on a test drive of a ferris wheel that affected the locking mechanism of a gondola. According to the organizer company Wohlthaben Entertainment, no passengers were in danger at this time, since it was a routine test drive, such as rbb24.de reported.