An Ornge Air Ambulance takes off from Picton Thursday February 4, 2016. (Submitted photo)
Word is starting to come in about a serious workplace injury in the Quinte region Thursday.
Details are few, however Quinte News has learned emergency crews were called to a Picton area business, where a worker was injured in a wood chipper.
Unconfirmed reports say the mans hand was cut off, however police have not confirmed that detail.
Ornge Air Ambulance officials have confirmed they took a patient from Picton to an Ottawa Hospital for treatment.
They describe the injuries as critical.
The incident happened around 11:00 a.m.
