Welcome to the machine: Cleaning man sucked into seasoning machine at DiLigui Sausage Co.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

May 23, 2:13 PM EDT

Police: Man sucked into sausage seasoning machine

DANVERS, Mass. (AP) -- Police said a cleaning man was taken to a hospital after being sucked into a machine at a sausage-making company in Danvers. The accident happened Thursday night as the man was cleaning the vacuum-type machine that is used to season the meat at DiLigui Sausage Co. Police said the man's head and shoulders became stuck in the machine after it somehow activated while being cleaned.

Lt. Carole Germano told The Salem News that the man - whose name was not released - was freed from the machine and showed no obvious sign of trauma, but was taken to a hospital as a precaution.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the mishap.

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[Berry Cool]

1. He's lucky to be alive, instead of being part of the sausage.

Sometimes it seems we've gone back to living in the days of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. Thank you, Ronald Reagan, for telling us all we had to do was deregulate business and everything would be peachy keen.

[Journeyman]

2. This is why most safe practices instructions begin with "Unplug the Machine". . .

[Tesha]

7. The official term is "tagged-out/locked-out", but "go faster" is what the bosses...

...typically say instead.

Tesha

[crazyjoe]

12. +1

[hobbit709]

3. Rule Number One in working on machines

Turn circuit breaker OFF before starting.

[Tesha]

8. Lock it out.

Turn the breaker or disconnect switch off and put your lock
on the disconnect device.

Tesha

[DJ13]

4. I guess the old saying is true

We really DONT want to know how sausage is made.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. yum

[Quantess]

6. He's lucky to be alive!

That would be a terrifying death.

[Occulus]

9. "Got a machinehead

Better than the rest
Green to red
Machinehead
Got a machinehead
Better than the rest
Green to red

And I walk from my machine

Deaf dumb and thirty
Starting to deserve this
Leaning on my conscience wall
Blood is like wine
Unconscious all the time

If I had it all again I'd change it all"

:D

[jdadd]

10. I think I saw this.....

It was the opening scene, on an episode of, six feet under.....

[j420norcal]

11. Now that's what I call a spicy story. n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

13. Why does my head go to Jimmy Hoffa while reading this story?