P.A.-area forestry worker rushed to hospital with “serious injuries”: Parkland Ambulance
meadowlakeNOW has learned a worker at Aallcann Wood Suppliers Inc. was rushed to hospital Wednesday after getting his arm caught in a piece of machinery.
The Prince Albert Fire Department responded to the incident around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deputy Fire Chief Alex Paul told meadowlakeNOW the employee was conscious when they arrived.
“It was an employee working on a piece of equipment and he got his sleeve caught, which pulled him into a piece of operating machinery,” he said.
According to a social media post by the Prince Albert Fire Dept., crews were able to quickly detach the limb from a power-driven unit on a bark stripper. Parkland Ambulance then transported the 26-year-old man to hospital with severe injuries. He is currently at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon in stable condition.