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September 5, 2007

Update: Man freed from meat grinder, taken to hospital

BURRILLVILLE -- A 20-year-old man whose left arm got caught in a meat-grinding machine at the Daniele Inc. meat plant in Commerce Park, has been freed from the device and is being flown to the Rhode Island Hospital Center trauma unit, according to the police.

His specific injuries were not yet clear.

The man, who has not been identified, was freed from the device around 4:40 p.m. A Lifestar helicopter stood by to take him to the hospital. And Rhode Island Hospital dispatched a mobile-surgical team to the site, said police dispatcher Glen Biddiscombe.

Personnel from several local emergency services converged on the scene to assist.

Daniele Inc. is a large business presence in Burrillville with two plants in town.

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:56 PM | Permalink

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