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Man suffers critical injuries in construction accident

By Jackie Valley (contact)

Published Monday, July 26, 2010 | 2:08 p.m.

Updated Monday, July 26, 2010 | 3:10 p.m.

Construction accident

Clark County Fire Department officials said a construction worker was transported to University Medical Center this afternoon with critical injuries after being crushed by a front-loader machine's shovel.

Department spokesman Scott Allison said the construction worker, a man in his early 40s, was working in between the front shovel and main part of the machine when the accident occurred at the Hustler Club construction site, near Ponderosa Way and Dean Martin Drive in Las Vegas.

Witnesses believe the man may have reached into the machine and accidentally hit a control, which unleashed the shovel and pinned him in the cavity between the main machine and the shovel, Allison said.

Officials said co-workers tried to release the shovel but were unable to do so before fire crews arrived. Emergency workers had to use equipment to pry the man from the shovel's grip.

No other details about the condition of the man, who has not been identified, were available.

Allison said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will investigate the accident.

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