Blind pensioner falls 20ft onto concrete path after builders remove his balcony... then put up a sign warning him of the danger

• Wheelchair bound Klaus Ohlmeier, 67, plunged more than 20ft to a concrete path in hamburg, Germany
• He suffered broken ribs, internal bleeding, broken ribs
• It came after a building firm was contracted to remove all balconies on building while they added insulation
• He is suing the company for damages

A blind pensioner plunged more than 20 feet onto a concrete path after bungling builders removed his balcony... then put up a sign to warn him of the danger.
Wheelchair-bound Klaus Ohlmeier, 67, fell from the second-storey of his care home in Hamburg, Germany, as he popped outside for a breath of fresh air.
His defenestration left him with serious internal bleeding and several broken ribs and needing intensive hospital treatment.

Blind-sided: Wheelchair bound Klaus Ohlmeier, 67, fell from the second-storey of his care home in Hamburg, Germany (pictured), as he went outside for a breath of fresh air

'I heard a noise, and then I can’t remember anything. I’m just glad it didn’t come out any worse,' said Mr Ohlmeier.
He has now filed a lawsuit against the building firm that made the extraordinary blunder.
The company had been contracted to remove all the balconies on the side of the building while they worked on improving it’s insulation.
With the balcony removed, the sliding doors that previously led into the open had effectively become long windows.
Just a strip of metal across the opening separated Mr Ohlmeier and the two-storey drop.
He says he should have been told of the work, especially given his love of the outdoors and the fact that he cannot see.
'I need a lot of fresh air,' Ohlmeier told the court.
Patrick Bauer, the unnamed firm's 38-year-old site manager told the court: 'There was a sign.'
Now being sued for injury resulting from negligence, he added: 'I didn't want anything to happen.'
He said that the company initially replaced the balconies with wooden planks for safety, 'but we had to remove them to insulate the blind people's home'.