Contract worker breaks leg in NM lab's rocket test

Thu Oct 9, 2008 10:17 PM EDT
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ALBUQUERQUE — Investigators say a worker suffered burns and a broken leg after a rocket motor ignited prematurely during a test at a federal laboratory in New Mexico.

The contractor for Transportation Management Services Solutions was flown Thursday from Sandia National Laboratories to a hospital.

Two other lab employees were taken to the hospital by ambulance after they complained of impaired hearing.

The lab says it's investigating.

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