15.07.2024

Fatal hoist/scaffold collapse

Three people are dead and nine injured after a scaffold and transport platform/hoist collapsed in the Swiss town of Lausanne on Friday.
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The scene on Friday

The incident occurred in Prilly, a suburb on the north west side of Lausanne, on a 19 storey building fully covered with façade scaffold for a major refurbishment. A Geda transport platform/materials hoist was also installed. The initial findings have suggested that platform installation may have been at fault and pulled the whole corner section of the scaffold down with it. A Manitou telehandler was also buried under the fallen scaffold debris.
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The police have confirmed that three people working on the site have died while another four are seriously injured, and a further five received more minor injuries.
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