"Bloodcurdling screams" were heard from an Orewa building site yesterday when a 25-year-old man was crushed and seriously injured by a one-tonne beam.
Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter intensive care paramedic Ross Aitken said they were called to the Orewa construction site around 3.40pm after the construction worker suffered a one-tonne concrete beam falling two to three metres onto his lower legs.
"We treated the patient at the scene for some time and then transported him to Auckland Hospital in a serious condition," Mr Aitken said.
"His fellow workers had done a stirling job and actually managed to get the beam off him prior to our arrival."
The man suffered "significant lower leg injuries", Mr Aitken said.
