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KwaZulu-Natal: At 13H31 Monday afternoon, Netcare 911 responded to an industrial incident on JB McIntosh Drive in Pinetown, Durban West region.
Reports indicate that a workshop employee operating a bandsaw sustained a deep laceration across his face after the bandsaw broke.
Medics assessed the patient, an adult male, and found that he had sustained serious facial trauma after the bandsaw cut across his eyes into his skull.
The man was treated on scene by emergency care practitioners and once stabilised was flown by Netcare 911 helicopter to a specialised facility for further care.
