Police: Man sucked into sausage seasoning machine

[kpete]

May 23, 11:43 AM 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.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_SAUSAGE_MACHINE_MISHAP?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[lunatica]

At least he wasn't turned into barbecue to go with Fried Green Tomatoes

It could have been so much worse.

[KamaAina]

1. DiLigui Sausage. Head and shoulders above the rest.

:evilgrin:

[laylah]

3. How sick are you?

I love it! :rofl:

edited to add i hope the dear man recovers fully. this IS tragic; however, because of our sick humor, it is also fodder for sick jokes.

[pipi_k]

5. Bwahahahhaahhaha!!!!! n/t

[panader0]

9. Man meat?

[SidDithers]

16. Very nice....

:applause:

Sid

[Solly Mack]

2. From Ew! to Whew!! in 3 seconds

[Scurrilous]

4. Rule #1: Disconnect machinery from source of power before cleaning/maintenance/repair.

:thumbsup:

[Occulus]

8. Yep. Looks like someone's going to be giving lockout/tagout talks to employees. n/t

[KittyWampus]

6. The pigs get the last laugh in that batch. Please forgive the insensitive statement.

My inner 5 year old is going on a screaming streak today.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. Did you hear about the butcher who backed into a fan?

He got a little behind in his orders.

Aghast at the close call, and glad the man wasn't injured badly, so I hope this corny attempt at lightening the mood is appropriate.

[customerserviceguy]

12. Or the optician who fell into the lens grinding machine?

He made a spectacle of himself!

[pipi_k]

10. Sort of makes me wonder two things...

1. if anyone ever discovered the powerful sucking action by intentionally inserting other parts of his body into the machine.


2. was that really a "turkey" hotdog I had for dinner the other night.

[customerserviceguy]

11. You may already be a wiener! n/t

[slackmaster]

13. One day it's a sausage seasoning machine. The next day it may be a bowl chopper.

[pipi_k]

21. Or....undoubtably the most deadly device known to mankind...

[merh]

14. Oh I'd love to be an Oscar Mayer weiner!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNddW2xmZp8






























:hide:























It kinda has a new meaning, especially the lyric "Oh, I'm glad I'm not an Oscar Mayer Weiner"

:rofl:

[tonysam]

15. Better than ending up in a woodchipper n/t

[undeterred]

17. This thread is useless without

sausage.

[krispos42]

18. Somebody needs to review lockout/tagout procedures

Before the Department of Agriculture has to issue a recall for pork sausage that may be contaimanted by HUMAN

[tammywammy]

19. That reminds me of an episode of Six Feet Under

If you didn't watch the show (what the hell is wrong with you, it was freaking awesome, get it on Netflix ASAP), someone died at the beginning of each show. In one a guy was cleaning out I think it was a bread kneading machine and it got turned out.

[NoPasaran]

20. DiLigui Sausage is people!