Qld: Man hit in back by excavator

AAP General News (Australia)
02-11-2008
Qld: Man hit in back by excavator

BRISBANE, Feb 11 AAP - A man has been airlifted to hospital after being hit by an excavator
while working on a pipeline in southern Queensland.

The man, aged in his 30s, was positioning a 110kg piece of pipe in Yarraman, north-west
of Brisbane, when the excavator arm hit him in the back at about 8.30am (AEST) today,
a spokesman for the Energex Community Rescue helicopter said.

He was treated on site for multiple injuries before being airlifted to Royal Brisbane
Hospital in a stable condition.

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KEYWORD: EXCAVATOR

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