Central SA
Gate falls onto security guard─── 06:20 Sun, 05 Jun 2022
A 48-year-old security guard has suffered critical injuries after a large metal gate fell on top of him at an industrial premises in Highbury, Meyerton on Saturday.
ER24 paramedics were on the scene at 12:30 along with the Midvaal Fire Department and another private medical service.
The man was found lying on the ground next to the gate - he's been pulled out from under it by other workers.
He had suffered a major laceration to his arm and was in a critical condition.
The patient was treated with Advanced Life Support interventions to stabilize him while a private medical helicopter landed nearby to transfer him to a private hospital in Alberton.
The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are unknown to ER24.
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