Arlington Fire personnel respond to industrial accident


January 3, 2012 · 1:35 PM

ARLINGTON — On Tuesday, Jan. 3, at approximately 10 a.m., Arlington Fire personnel responded at Northwest Hardwoods, located in the 20000 block of 67th Avenue NE, to an industrial accident that had just occurred.

Arlington Fire personnel arrived within minutes to treat a 60-year-old man from Arlington who had apparently been run over by a fork-lift. The man was transported by medics to the Arlington Municipal Airport, where he was airlifted by Airlift Northwest to Harborview Medical Center to treat multiple broken bones and possible internal injuries.

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