News24 reports that a construction worker lost a part of his leg in Pretoria North, Gauteng paramedics said on Saturday.  

The man, believed to be in his thirties, had been cleaning a cement mixer when it turned on, Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst reported.  The accident happened at a factory in Bon Accord on Friday afternoon.  He was rushed to hospital in a helicopter.

• Read the original of the above report by Jenna Etheridge at News24

Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page