www.ctvvancouverisland.ca SHAWNIGAN LAKE - The past 24 hours have been a harrowing experience on an industrial site near a rock quarry. It's back to normal now, but on Tuesday afternoon workers were hiding for their lives. Mike Wolf was working on a flat-bed trailer when he heard an explosion. "I saw smoking coming from the ground and then I saw rocks flying in the air over telegraph polls," says Wolf "Then I saw rock coming in my direction. That's when I ducked under the truck." One of the rocks came perilously close, hurtling into the side of a trailer, inches from where wolf was working. Reflecting on the huge gash in the side on the flat-bed, Wolf sighs "No hard hat would have saved me" The rocks came from the quarry above the industrial site, run by Mid Island Aggregate. Blasters were laying charges to break up rock when something went horribly wrong. People working in the area say the ground shook, around 3 pm as they heard an explosion Emergency crews rushed to the scene taking three people to Victoria General Hospital. One man has been released; the two other workers remain in hospital and stable condition; a 50-year-old woman who was trying to shield herself from falling debris when a rock severed her arm at the elbow, and a man who was struck in the head by a rock CTV News has learned the three work at Ted's Blasting in Duncan. There was no answer at the company address listed on several business directories and the number listed for the company is out of ...
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