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The perils of snowblowers
Unclogging snowblowers often leads to hand injuries, ER doctors warn. (Scott Takushi/Pioneer Press)
A Plainfield teen lost half of his index finger, and surgeons had to reconstruct the middle finger of his right hand when he tried to clear impacted snow from a snowblower, an injury a local ER doctor said is not uncommon. There are about 4,500 hand injuries related to snowblower use reported in the United States each year, he said.
Change of direction for Wacker
Picking up where the last Wacker project left off eight years ago, demolition will begin in one week, weather permitting, to rebuild the 55-year-old section of Upper and Lower Wacker from Randolph to Monroe streets, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation.