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Man falls about 3,5m in industrial accident, Pinetown KZN

This afternoon Netcare 911 paramedics responded to an industrial accident in the Molweni area near Pinetown in KZN. Reports indicate that the man was working about three and a half meters above ground level when he fell to the ground.

Paramedics arrived at the scene and found the man had been moved to a local clinic by community members. The Netcare 911 rescue unit , the advanced life support paramedic and ambulance crew went to the clinic and found the man to have sustained life-threatening injuries. 

Paramedics worked fervently at the scene to stabilise the forty-six-year-old- man. After the advanced life support paramedics placed the man on a ventilator, they deftly immobilised him on a trauma board before transporting him to a specialised hospital in Durban for the care that he required.

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