Worker severely injured in explosion at Alabama lime plant

(Alabaster FD/Facebook)

An industrial accident at a lime plant in Alabama has seriously injured one worker.

Alabaster Fire Executive Officer Rowdy Tidwell tells AL.com that a worker was badly burned in an explosion at Lhoist North America on Wednesday evening. He’s been airlifted to a hospital.

The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.

No further information has been released.

(Associated Press, copyright 2018)

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