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A teen boy has suffered a serious leg injury after a concrete slab fell 3m at workplace in Edinburgh North

A teenager has a serious leg injury after a concrete slab fell 3m at a workplace in the northern suburbs.

A teenager has suffered a serious leg injury after a concrete slab fell 3m at workplace in Edinburgh North. Picture: 7NEWS
A teenager has suffered a serious leg injury after a concrete slab fell 3m at workplace in Edinburgh North. Picture: 7NEWS

A teenager has sustained a serious leg injury after a concrete slab fell about 3m at a workplace in Edinburgh North.

7NEWS reports the victim is a 15-year-old boy.

MedSTAR attended the scene of the accident at the corner of Stebonheath and Hewittson roads about 40km from Adelaide’s CBD.

The incident happened about 4.30pm Tuesday.

The man was transported to Royal Adelaide Hospital.

It comes just a day after a man died in a workplace accident in Parawa.

According to SA Police, the 59-year-old man from Strathalbyn, in the Adelaide Hills, was fatally injured while moving logs in a harvesting vehicle on Monday.

SA Country Fire Service, State Emergency Service, SA Ambulance and SA Police crews were sent to the ForestrySA site on Range Rd at Parawa, near Second Valley, just after 2.30pm.

The man died at the scene.

Emergency services are on the way the scene after a person become trapped in machinery at Parawa, near Second Valley. Picture: The Advertiser
Emergency services are on the way the scene after a person become trapped in machinery at Parawa, near Second Valley. Picture: The Advertiser

On Tuesday, SafeWork SA executive director Glenn Farrell said four inspectors attended the site at Parawa on Monday afternoon and a full investigation was under way.

“We attended yesterday and we’ll now start to gather further evidence, make inquiries, engage experts in order to do a comprehensive investigation,” he said.

The man’s employer, logistics company Qube, has promised to investigate the circumstances surrounding the man’s death.

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