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Man rushed to hospital after workplace incident in Dartmouth: police

A Hammonds Plans man was rushed to hospital on Monday afternoon as the result of a workplace incident in Burnside. . File/ Global News

A Hammonds Plans man was rushed to hospital on Monday afternoon as the result of a workplace incident in Dartmouth.

Halifax Regional Police say that at approximately 12:15 p.m., officers responded to a report of a workplace accident at a business located on Belmont Avenue.

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An employee at the business, a 28-year-old Hammonds Plains man, reportedly had his arm caught in a machine.

The man was transported to hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

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Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour has been notified of the incident.

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