Two serious incidents in Victoria

In the days leading up to International Worker’s Day, their is a heightened sensitivity about workplace incidents.  Today, 20 April 2009, there were two incidents in Victoria that have involved emergency air ambulance flights to Melbourne.  One is being undertaken as this blog article is being written.

The Rural Ambulance service has advised SafetyAtWorkBlog that a 53-year-old logger has been crushed under a log on Black Range Rd, Narbethong this afternoon.  He has a fractured pelvis and rib injuries and is being airlifted to a city hospital.  Narbethong was affected by the savage bushfires on 7 February 2009 about which a Royal Commission is investigating

The welding explosion incident reported by the ABC apparently occurred at a depot of the Department of Sustainability & Environment at Alexandra.  The incident involved a petrol explosion.  The 31-year-old male was airlifted to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.

Kevin Jones

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