SAN LUIS OBISPO (KRON/AP) – Emergency officials say an employee at a wholesale grocer is recovering and lucky to be alive after his shirt sleeve got caught in a running meat grinder.
Investigators say the accident happened as the man was trying to dislodge a piece of meat Thursday that appeared to be caught in a hopper at the San Luis Obispo grocer.
Fire Chief Garret Olson says the employee’s sleeve was being pulled into the machine when a co-worker heard his screams and shut off the grinder.
Olson says the man was a second away from suffering potentially fatal injuries.
Fire crews had to pry the machine open to get him out. He suffered a broken arm.