Man’s hand caught in machinery in horror workplace accident near Buderim
A man has suffered serious injuries to his hand after it was caught in workplace machinery on the Sunshine Coast overnight. DETAILS
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A man has suffered serious laceration to his hand after it was caught in workplace machinery on the Sunshine Coast.
Queensland Ambulance Service said the man in his 30s was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition after the accident at a business on Wises Road, Buderim, about 7.55pm on Thursday, February 20.
Paramedics also attended a two vehicle crash on Mooloolaba Road at Buderim about 9.05pm.
One man in his 20s suffered leg injuries while another man in his 30s had neck injuries.
They were both taken to the Kawana hospital in a stable condition.
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Paramedics rush to crashes on Coast roads
Emergency crews have been sent to two separate crashes on major Sunshine Coast roads on Tuesday afternoon.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said paramedics took two patients, a male and a female, to Sunshine Coast University Hospital after their two cars crashed on a Bruce Highway off ramp leading onto the Frizzo Connection Road in the Tanawha and Sippy Downs area.
The crash was reported shortly after 2pm on February 19.
The woman suffered a non-life threatening injury to her arm and the man reported abdominal pain.
Both are in a stable condition.
Later on Tuesday, crews were also called to a crash on the Sunshine Motorway at Coolum just before 3pm, a paramedic spokeswoman said.
Two drivers were involved in a two-vehicle crash and appear to be a stable condition, but paramedics are yet to assess their injuries, the spokeswoman reported.
A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said the crash occurred about 1km south of the Peregian Springs exit.
Man severely injured after hitting tree in mountain fall
A man has been flown to hospital with “potentially life-threatening injuries” after a fall on a mountain in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
Emergency crews responded to reports a man in his 50s had suffered a fall on Mt Beerwah just after 2.30pm on Tuesday afternoon.
A Queensland Fire Department spokeswoman said two Fire and Rescue crews were on scene to assist Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics, who arrived to find the man with severe injuries.
It is understood the man hit a tree during his fall, but it is not known how far he fell.
Crews were able to reach the man by foot and worked to rescue him from the mountain via helicopter.
He was subsequently flown to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
Man rushed to hospital after motocross bike crash into creek
Emergency crews have rushed a man to hospital with a significant ankle injury after he was thrown from his bike and landed in a creek at a hinterland motocross track on the Sunshine Coast.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said emergency crews were called to an off-road motocross track on Cambrook Lane, at Kenilworth at 10.38am.
It is unknown whether there was running water in the creek.
Another QAS spokeswoman said the rider was a man in his 50s.
She said he was in a stable condition but suffered a significant ankle injury.
He was taken to Nambour Hospital.
Earlier, a Queensland Fire Department spokesman said they had four crews go to the crash and were preparing four-wheel drive rescue vehicles.
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