MANCHESTER, N.Y. — A farm worker was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital to heal from a farm accident that happened Thursday in Manchester, in which his arm became trapped in a piece of machinery.
The Will-O-Crest Farm employee’s arm had become trapped between a wire spool and the machine’s outer housing, according to the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office. Finger Lakes Ambulance personnel, Phelps and Clifton Springs firefighters, a sheriff’s deputy and a state trooper worked to free him from the machine; they, along with farm employees, were able to disassemble the machine to free his arm.
Life Net flew the worker to Strong to be treated; the Sheriff’s Office said he would remain there to heal.
The Sheriff’s Office said the incident is being treated as a workplace accident.
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