Man airlifted after using mixing machine on Kitchener worksite

Posted Mar 16, 2017 12:41:30 PM.

Last Updated Mar 16, 2017 04:27:20 PM.

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A 35-year-old man has been airlifted to Hamilton General after an industrial injury in Kitchener.

An air ambulance arrived to Grand River Hospital to transport the patient just before 12 p.m. on Thursday, after the worker was injured at a construction site on Belmont Avenue just after 11 a.m.

Ornge confirms the man sustained injuries while using a mixing machine, Regional Police say the man suffered non-life threatening injuries to his right arm.

A worker on the site tells 570 NEWS the man got his hand caught in a cement mixer.

The Ministry of Labour has been called in to investigate.

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