HALIFAX – Police say a man involved in an industrial accident in Dartmouth on Tuesday morning managed to escape serious injury.
Around 8:30 a.m., an employee at Atlantic Cat, a heavy equipment dealer on Akerley Boulevard, who was working inside a rock crusher became pinned by a metal plate.
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He was taken to hospital with what appeared to be non-life threatening leg injuries according to Chrissy Matheson, spokesperson for the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education.
A stop-work order was issued on the crusher and a nearby crane, but work will be permitted to continue on other areas of the property.
Provincial Occupational Health and Safety officers are still investigating.
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