First responders rescued an injured man hours earlier in a shredder industrial accident at a business in Everett, Massachusetts. Sky 5 shows dozens of firefighters and first responders surrounding a large scrap metal shredder at a recycling company called Scrap. -Its company at 431 Second Street. An employee working near a scrap shredder was reportedly caught in the machine at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Emergency crews spent hours freeing the man from the machine. Sources told News Center 5 that one of the worker’s limbs, possibly a leg, was caught by the machine. Video from the scene showed a large group of firefighters and first responders, including the Boston Fire Department’s technical rescue team and a doctor in hazmat suits and surgical gear, struggling to free workers from the machines. Reporters at the scene said they could hear the man interacting with paramedics and first responders. First responders assured the worker and worked hours to free him, joined by the Boston Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team, which specializes in rescuing and treating victims trapped in complex and confined spaces. He was rescued and transported by ambulance at around 6.30pm “With the help of additional paramedics who were brought in, the male patient was removed from the equipment a few hours later and the man was taken to the area hospital. ,” said Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria. “OSHA team members also responded to the scene and began an investigation into the incident.”
First responders rescued an injured man hours earlier in an industrial accident involving a paper shredder at a business in Everett, Massachusetts.
Sky 5 shows dozens of firefighters and first responders crowding the massive scrap metal shredder of a recycling company called Scrap-It Inc. At 431 Second Street.
An employee working near the scrap shredder was reportedly caught in the machine at around 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Emergency crews spent hours freeing the man from the machine.
Sources told News Center 5 that one of the worker’s limbs, possibly a leg, was caught by the machine.
Video from the scene showed a large group of firefighters and first responders, including the Boston Fire Department’s technical rescue team and a doctor in protective clothing and surgical gear, struggling to free workers from the machines.
Reporters at the scene said they could hear the man interacting with paramedics and first responders.
First responders calmed the worker and worked hours to free him, joined by the Boston Fire Department’s technical rescue team, which specializes in rescuing and treating victims trapped in complex and confined spaces.
He was rescued and transported by ambulance around 6.30pm
Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria said: “A few hours later, with the assistance of additional medical staff who were brought in, the male patient was removed from the equipment and the man was taken to the area. Hospital.” “OSHA team members also responded to the scene and began an investigation into the incident.”