ENVIRONMENT

Worker cops a face-full of lime

A NEW South Wales quarry worker ended up in hospital after wind blew hydrated lime into his face while he was unloading bulk bags of the material.

 Bag of hydrated lime

Bag of hydrated lime

In the dangerous incident the worker was using a skid steer loader to unload bulk bags of hydrated lime. One of the bags was torn near the top and as it was unloaded the wind blew lime into the worker's...

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