Worker pinned by leg in accident, freed by SES volunteers and flown to hospital
A WORKER in his 40s was flown to a Melbourne hospital from Hamilton after an industrial accident on Wednesday.
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Hamilton police Sergeant Rex Habel said the man was crushed by the ramp on a low loader which pinned one of his legs.
State Emergency Service volunteers freed the man after the accident happened just before 11am at a Coleraine Road industrial site.
His condition was stablised by ambulance officers, he was taken by road ambulance to Meville Oval and then flown by the HEMS4 helicopter to a Melbourne hospital.
He was in a serious condition due to blood loss and injuries to his leg.
