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. Video from the scene showed a large group of firefighters and first responders, including the Boston Fire Department’s technical rescue unit and a doctor in protective clothing and surgical gear, working on the scene at around 6:30 p.m., witnesses said. rescued by ambulance. Reporters at the scene said they could hear the man interacting with paramedics and first responders, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was called to the scene.
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.
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.
Witnesses at the scene said he was rescued by ambulance around 6.30pm.
Reporters at the scene said they could hear the man interacting with paramedics and first responders.
OSHA has been called to the scene.