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Worker’s hand stuck ‘up to the second knuckle’ in meat tenderizer, Oregon rescuers say

The worker’s hand was pulled from a machine after getting stuck during a mishap at a grocery store, Oregon rescuers said.
The worker’s hand was pulled from a machine after getting stuck during a mishap at a grocery store, Oregon rescuers said.

A supermarket worker was rushed to a trauma center after getting one hand stuck in a meat tenderizer, Oregon officials said.

Four of the worker’s fingers were “entrapped up to the second knuckle,” Portland Fire & Rescue wrote Oct. 27 in a news release.

Crews reported using a grinding machine to open the machine and free the person’s hand.

The patient received treatment at the trauma center at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, firefighters said.

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Simone Jasper
The News & Observer
Simone Jasper is a service journalism reporter at The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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