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Horror when worker’s hand gets stuck in a garbage truck press and is dragged five meters inside
- An industrial worker, 46, got his hand stuck in a garbage truck press
- NSW fire and rescue crews rushed to a job site in Wetherill Park to free him
- The worker was freed and taken to Westmead Hospital in stable condition
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A factory worker got his hand stuck in a garbage truck press and was dragged 5 meters into the back of the vehicle itself.
It took four hours for local firefighters and heavy rescue technicians to free the 46-year-old worker from the truck at a job site in Wetherill Park in Sydney’s southwest.
NSW fire and rescue specialists were called to the scene after the man became trapped around 8:30 a.m.
NSW Fire and Rescue specialists free a man whose hand became trapped in a refuse truck press at a job site in south-west Sydney
Together with heavy rescue technicians, they decided to cut away the side of the truck to free the man.
It took four hours to cut through the vehicle because of the high-density metal.
Paramedics stabilized the worker and gave him pain relief during the rescue.
He was freed by the crew and taken to Westmead Hospital in stable condition.
The truck was empty when the man got stuck.
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