Worker flown to trauma center after fall at Fermilab

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A contracted construction worker was injured Thursday afternoon after a fall at a construction site at Fermilab’s campus in Batavia, officials said.

Fermilab firefighters were dispatched immediately around 1:09 p.m. and a medical helicopter took the worker to a nearby trauma center, a Fermilab spokesperson said.

Construction at Fermilab has begun on a new accelerator complex at the facility, according to officials.

Fermilab on Thursday afternoon said no further details of the incident were available.

mejones@chicagotribune.com



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