š± Slinger worker seriously hurt after fall at Limestone Lane construction site
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- Slinger worker seriously hurt after fall at Limestone Lane construction site
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ā¢ First responders extract construction worker after fall onto basement foundation (gmtoday.com) ā Emergency crews in Slinger rescued a 29-year-old construction worker who fell from a first-floor ladder onto a concrete basement foundation at a Limestone Lane home, prompting a brief road closure. With no stair access, responders coordinated an extraction and transferred him to Flight For Life for transport to a trauma center, with several Slinger and county agencies assisting. 
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