
June 9, 2010, Brownsville, Ont. – A farm worker is recovering in
hospital from serious injuries suffered when a jammed auger he was
working on started up.
June 9, 2010, Brownsville, Ont. – A farm worker is recovering in hospital from serious injuries suffered when a jammed auger he was working on started up.
Emergency crews were called after the accident Tuesday night on a farm near Brownsville, in southwestern Ontario.
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The auger had suddenly activated and the worker was pulled in.
Another worker quickly hit the emergency shut off, but the 32-year-old victim suffered several cuts and broken bones.
He was airlifted to hospital in London, Ont., with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
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