A WORKMAN was injured in an incident at the SSI steel plant in Redcar.
The man is believed to have injured his leg while carrying out routine cleaning work on his vehicle at the recently re-opened site.
Crews from the Great North Air Ambulance, police and fire brigade were called to the site at around 1pm today.
A spokesman for SSI said: “There was a contract worker who was carrying out a routine cleaning task on his vehicle and there has been an accident. It would appear that he has suffered a leg injury.”
The lorry driver was airlifted to James Cook University Hospital for treatment.
A GNAA spokesman said: “We were called just after 1pm and we airlifted the man to hospital. He was in a non life threatening condition.”
The Health and Safety Executive spokeswoman confirmed they were aware of the incident and were awaiting further information before a decision could be made over whether to open an investigation.
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