REGINA, Sask. — A man working at a grain terminal near Regina has lost his right leg to a grain conveyor in a workplace injury Aug. 19, the area fire chief says.
The STARS air ambulance service reported on social media platform X that it responded to a scene call near Lajord, Sask., about 35 km southeast of Regina, shortly after 1:30 p.m. Aug. 19.
Paul Fischer, the fire chief at nearby Kronau, said Thursday his crew and emergency medical services (EMS) responded to a call from the Lajord Inland Terminal for an entrapment in a conveyor belt within a bin being cleaned.
After dropping off personnel, the STARS helicopter briefly left to bring a doctor from Regina to the scene, he said. The trapped adult man’s right leg was then amputated at the site to extract him from the conveyor and take him to hospital in the city.
A Lajord Inland Terminal representative, reached by phone Aug. 20, declined comment. A White Butte RCMP representative wasn’t immediately available that day.
The Lajord terminal, which first opened in 2017, is served by shortline Stewart Southern Railway, which connects to CPKC track outside Regina at Richardson.
It has a total storage capacity of about 95,000 tonnes and was licensed by the Canadian Grain Commission until the summer of 2024.
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