WOODSTOCK – Police say a man is in serious condition in hospital after being caught in a machine at a metal cleaning plant in Woodstock, Ont.
They say the 43-year-old man became trapped in the machine shortly before 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
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A Woodstock police officer was first on scene and was able to apply an emergency tourniquet and it took firefighters approximately 50 minutes to cut the man free from the machine.
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Police say the injured man was taken to a trauma centre by air ambulance.
Police say they will be assisting the Ministry of Labour with the investigation.
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