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Woman's Hand Freed From Grinder

84-29 153rd Ave

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  • Firefighters in Howard Beach, New York, are working to free a woman whose hand became trapped in a meat grinder. Emergency responders are on the scene addressing the situation.

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First responders advise that the woman's hand has been freed from the grinder, and she is now with EMS for transport to the hospital.

Queens FDNY · 0:25
Queens to the Rescue Battalion. Rescue Battalion, K. As per Battalion 39 via landline, the hand has been removed at the scene. Rescue Battalion, 10-4, 10-8. 10-4. 1458 Queens 455.
Queens FDNY · 0:17
Rescue Battalion to Queens, K. Rescue Battalion. 1781, can you confirm that the victim's hand has been removed from the blender? Standby.
Queens FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 39 to Queens. Battalion 39. 1781, the patient's finger has been removed from the meat grinder. They are in the custody of the EMS unit on the scene. They're being transported to the hospital. Fire Department units 225, Engine 225, Ladder 107 and Squad 270 will be 10-8 shortly.10-4, just to verify, the patient has been removed from the machinery.

Firefighters have determined that a woman's hand cannot be freed at the location and will transport her to a hospital for removal.

Queens FDNY · 0:25
39. Battalion 39, will you please put back on that box, 153 Avenue? Yeah, 10-4, 225 last reports that the patient's hand is still in the blender, put you and rescue 4 back on. 10-4. Battalion Queen, 10.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
449, Queens 455. Engine 225 to Queens. Engine 225. You can actually turn around the rescue and battalion as well. The way the patient's hand is stuck, it's not going to be able to be removed here. It's best to be done at the hospital. 10-4, which hospital are you transporting to? EMS 10-4. 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
225, EMS has 54 Frank assigned about 12 minutes ago. 5104. Queens Engine 225. 225. Until the patient's been removed from the machinery, we reassigned Rescue 4 in the battalion. Engine 9 to Queens. 10-4.

Firefighters are working to free a woman whose hand is stuck in a meat grinder.

FDNY Citywide 1 · 0:30
Anybody in the scene, in the borough of Queens, street response, X 1781, 84, 84, street to 151 Avenue, for a hand stuck in a grinder. In the borough of Queens, A minor, street response, X 1781, 84-29, 84 street to 151 Avenue, for a hand stuck in a... 14...
Queens FDNY · 0:18
225 to Queens. 225. We have a ETA or EMS here with a patient with the hand partially impaled in the blender. Any way to get out at this moment?

A Citizen user shows video of first responders in the area.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a woman stuck in a meat grinder.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Queens, phone alarm box 1781, 84-29 153 Street, correction, 153 Avenue, between 84 Street and 151 Avenue. A female stuck in a meat grinder, apartment 3 John. Phone alarm box 1781, 84-29 153 Avenue, between 84 Street and 151 Avenue. Female stuck in a meat grinder, apartment 3 John.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 84-29 153rd Ave.

First responders advise that the woman's hand has been freed from the grinder, and she is now with EMS for transport to the hospital.

Queens FDNY · 0:25
Queens to the Rescue Battalion. Rescue Battalion, K. As per Battalion 39 via landline, the hand has been removed at the scene. Rescue Battalion, 10-4, 10-8. 10-4. 1458 Queens 455.
Queens FDNY · 0:17
Rescue Battalion to Queens, K. Rescue Battalion. 1781, can you confirm that the victim's hand has been removed from the blender? Standby.
Queens FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 39 to Queens. Battalion 39. 1781, the patient's finger has been removed from the meat grinder. They are in the custody of the EMS unit on the scene. They're being transported to the hospital. Fire Department units 225, Engine 225, Ladder 107 and Squad 270 will be 10-8 shortly.10-4, just to verify, the patient has been removed from the machinery.

Firefighters have determined that a woman's hand cannot be freed at the location and will transport her to a hospital for removal.

Queens FDNY · 0:25
39. Battalion 39, will you please put back on that box, 153 Avenue? Yeah, 10-4, 225 last reports that the patient's hand is still in the blender, put you and rescue 4 back on. 10-4. Battalion Queen, 10.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
449, Queens 455. Engine 225 to Queens. Engine 225. You can actually turn around the rescue and battalion as well. The way the patient's hand is stuck, it's not going to be able to be removed here. It's best to be done at the hospital. 10-4, which hospital are you transporting to? EMS 10-4. 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
225, EMS has 54 Frank assigned about 12 minutes ago. 5104. Queens Engine 225. 225. Until the patient's been removed from the machinery, we reassigned Rescue 4 in the battalion. Engine 9 to Queens. 10-4.

Firefighters are working to free a woman whose hand is stuck in a meat grinder.

FDNY Citywide 1 · 0:30
Anybody in the scene, in the borough of Queens, street response, X 1781, 84, 84, street to 151 Avenue, for a hand stuck in a grinder. In the borough of Queens, A minor, street response, X 1781, 84-29, 84 street to 151 Avenue, for a hand stuck in a... 14...
Queens FDNY · 0:18
225 to Queens. 225. We have a ETA or EMS here with a patient with the hand partially impaled in the blender. Any way to get out at this moment?

A Citizen user shows video of first responders in the area.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a woman stuck in a meat grinder.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Queens, phone alarm box 1781, 84-29 153 Street, correction, 153 Avenue, between 84 Street and 151 Avenue. A female stuck in a meat grinder, apartment 3 John. Phone alarm box 1781, 84-29 153 Avenue, between 84 Street and 151 Avenue. Female stuck in a meat grinder, apartment 3 John.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 84-29 153rd Ave.

First responders advise that the woman's hand has been freed from the grinder, and she is now with EMS for transport to the hospital.

Queens FDNY · 0:25
Queens to the Rescue Battalion. Rescue Battalion, K. As per Battalion 39 via landline, the hand has been removed at the scene. Rescue Battalion, 10-4, 10-8. 10-4. 1458 Queens 455.
Queens FDNY · 0:17
Rescue Battalion to Queens, K. Rescue Battalion. 1781, can you confirm that the victim's hand has been removed from the blender? Standby.
Queens FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 39 to Queens. Battalion 39. 1781, the patient's finger has been removed from the meat grinder. They are in the custody of the EMS unit on the scene. They're being transported to the hospital. Fire Department units 225, Engine 225, Ladder 107 and Squad 270 will be 10-8 shortly.10-4, just to verify, the patient has been removed from the machinery.

Firefighters have determined that a woman's hand cannot be freed at the location and will transport her to a hospital for removal.

Queens FDNY · 0:25
39. Battalion 39, will you please put back on that box, 153 Avenue? Yeah, 10-4, 225 last reports that the patient's hand is still in the blender, put you and rescue 4 back on. 10-4. Battalion Queen, 10.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
449, Queens 455. Engine 225 to Queens. Engine 225. You can actually turn around the rescue and battalion as well. The way the patient's hand is stuck, it's not going to be able to be removed here. It's best to be done at the hospital. 10-4, which hospital are you transporting to? EMS 10-4. 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
225, EMS has 54 Frank assigned about 12 minutes ago. 5104. Queens Engine 225. 225. Until the patient's been removed from the machinery, we reassigned Rescue 4 in the battalion. Engine 9 to Queens. 10-4.

Firefighters are working to free a woman whose hand is stuck in a meat grinder.

FDNY Citywide 1 · 0:30
Anybody in the scene, in the borough of Queens, street response, X 1781, 84, 84, street to 151 Avenue, for a hand stuck in a grinder. In the borough of Queens, A minor, street response, X 1781, 84-29, 84 street to 151 Avenue, for a hand stuck in a... 14...
Queens FDNY · 0:18
225 to Queens. 225. We have a ETA or EMS here with a patient with the hand partially impaled in the blender. Any way to get out at this moment?

A Citizen user shows video of first responders in the area.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a woman stuck in a meat grinder.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Queens, phone alarm box 1781, 84-29 153 Street, correction, 153 Avenue, between 84 Street and 151 Avenue. A female stuck in a meat grinder, apartment 3 John. Phone alarm box 1781, 84-29 153 Avenue, between 84 Street and 151 Avenue. Female stuck in a meat grinder, apartment 3 John.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 84-29 153rd Ave.

First responders advise that the woman's hand has been freed from the grinder, and she is now with EMS for transport to the hospital.

Queens FDNY · 0:25
Queens to the Rescue Battalion. Rescue Battalion, K. As per Battalion 39 via landline, the hand has been removed at the scene. Rescue Battalion, 10-4, 10-8. 10-4. 1458 Queens 455.
Queens FDNY · 0:17
Rescue Battalion to Queens, K. Rescue Battalion. 1781, can you confirm that the victim's hand has been removed from the blender? Standby.
Queens FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 39 to Queens. Battalion 39. 1781, the patient's finger has been removed from the meat grinder. They are in the custody of the EMS unit on the scene. They're being transported to the hospital. Fire Department units 225, Engine 225, Ladder 107 and Squad 270 will be 10-8 shortly.10-4, just to verify, the patient has been removed from the machinery.

Firefighters have determined that a woman's hand cannot be freed at the location and will transport her to a hospital for removal.

Queens FDNY · 0:25
39. Battalion 39, will you please put back on that box, 153 Avenue? Yeah, 10-4, 225 last reports that the patient's hand is still in the blender, put you and rescue 4 back on. 10-4. Battalion Queen, 10.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
449, Queens 455. Engine 225 to Queens. Engine 225. You can actually turn around the rescue and battalion as well. The way the patient's hand is stuck, it's not going to be able to be removed here. It's best to be done at the hospital. 10-4, which hospital are you transporting to? EMS 10-4. 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
225, EMS has 54 Frank assigned about 12 minutes ago. 5104. Queens Engine 225. 225. Until the patient's been removed from the machinery, we reassigned Rescue 4 in the battalion. Engine 9 to Queens. 10-4.

Firefighters are working to free a woman whose hand is stuck in a meat grinder.

FDNY Citywide 1 · 0:30
Anybody in the scene, in the borough of Queens, street response, X 1781, 84, 84, street to 151 Avenue, for a hand stuck in a grinder. In the borough of Queens, A minor, street response, X 1781, 84-29, 84 street to 151 Avenue, for a hand stuck in a... 14...
Queens FDNY · 0:18
225 to Queens. 225. We have a ETA or EMS here with a patient with the hand partially impaled in the blender. Any way to get out at this moment?

A Citizen user shows video of first responders in the area.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a woman stuck in a meat grinder.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Queens, phone alarm box 1781, 84-29 153 Street, correction, 153 Avenue, between 84 Street and 151 Avenue. A female stuck in a meat grinder, apartment 3 John. Phone alarm box 1781, 84-29 153 Avenue, between 84 Street and 151 Avenue. Female stuck in a meat grinder, apartment 3 John.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 84-29 153rd Ave.

First responders advise that the woman's hand has been freed from the grinder, and she is now with EMS for transport to the hospital.

Queens FDNY · 0:25
Queens to the Rescue Battalion. Rescue Battalion, K. As per Battalion 39 via landline, the hand has been removed at the scene. Rescue Battalion, 10-4, 10-8. 10-4. 1458 Queens 455.
Queens FDNY · 0:17
Rescue Battalion to Queens, K. Rescue Battalion. 1781, can you confirm that the victim's hand has been removed from the blender? Standby.
Queens FDNY · 0:30
Battalion 39 to Queens. Battalion 39. 1781, the patient's finger has been removed from the meat grinder. They are in the custody of the EMS unit on the scene. They're being transported to the hospital. Fire Department units 225, Engine 225, Ladder 107 and Squad 270 will be 10-8 shortly.10-4, just to verify, the patient has been removed from the machinery.

Firefighters have determined that a woman's hand cannot be freed at the location and will transport her to a hospital for removal.

Queens FDNY · 0:25
39. Battalion 39, will you please put back on that box, 153 Avenue? Yeah, 10-4, 225 last reports that the patient's hand is still in the blender, put you and rescue 4 back on. 10-4. Battalion Queen, 10.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
449, Queens 455. Engine 225 to Queens. Engine 225. You can actually turn around the rescue and battalion as well. The way the patient's hand is stuck, it's not going to be able to be removed here. It's best to be done at the hospital. 10-4, which hospital are you transporting to? EMS 10-4. 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
225, EMS has 54 Frank assigned about 12 minutes ago. 5104. Queens Engine 225. 225. Until the patient's been removed from the machinery, we reassigned Rescue 4 in the battalion. Engine 9 to Queens. 10-4.

Firefighters are working to free a woman whose hand is stuck in a meat grinder.

FDNY Citywide 1 · 0:30
Anybody in the scene, in the borough of Queens, street response, X 1781, 84, 84, street to 151 Avenue, for a hand stuck in a grinder. In the borough of Queens, A minor, street response, X 1781, 84-29, 84 street to 151 Avenue, for a hand stuck in a... 14...
Queens FDNY · 0:18
225 to Queens. 225. We have a ETA or EMS here with a patient with the hand partially impaled in the blender. Any way to get out at this moment?

A Citizen user shows video of first responders in the area.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a woman stuck in a meat grinder.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Queens, phone alarm box 1781, 84-29 153 Street, correction, 153 Avenue, between 84 Street and 151 Avenue. A female stuck in a meat grinder, apartment 3 John. Phone alarm box 1781, 84-29 153 Avenue, between 84 Street and 151 Avenue. Female stuck in a meat grinder, apartment 3 John.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 84-29 153rd Ave.

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Comments30

DanimalllJun 10 at 3:10 PM

Hopefully that person aight

laurababy123Jun 10 at 5:13 PM

Some of these comments 🤦‍♀️ this poor woman

Logan_KeithJun 10 at 9:28 PM

Let's give the FDNY a hand

woodburyUser2056055006Jun 10 at 4:07 PM

Omg praying for her🙏🏾

beatlefoolJun 10 at 3:21 PM

That poor lady. Always unplug if you need to stick your hand in and never wear rings if doing so!!!!

puddin356Jun 10 at 3:26 PM

Where did th8 happen?

DanimalllJun 10 at 3:10 PM

Hopefully that person aight

laurababy123Jun 10 at 5:13 PM

Some of these comments 🤦‍♀️ this poor woman

Logan_KeithJun 10 at 9:28 PM

Let's give the FDNY a hand

woodburyUser2056055006Jun 10 at 4:07 PM

Omg praying for her🙏🏾

beatlefoolJun 10 at 3:21 PM

That poor lady. Always unplug if you need to stick your hand in and never wear rings if doing so!!!!

puddin356Jun 10 at 3:26 PM

Where did th8 happen?

DanimalllJun 10 at 3:10 PM

Hopefully that person aight

laurababy123Jun 10 at 5:13 PM

Some of these comments 🤦‍♀️ this poor woman

Logan_KeithJun 10 at 9:28 PM

Let's give the FDNY a hand

woodburyUser2056055006Jun 10 at 4:07 PM

Omg praying for her🙏🏾

beatlefoolJun 10 at 3:21 PM

That poor lady. Always unplug if you need to stick your hand in and never wear rings if doing so!!!!

puddin356Jun 10 at 3:26 PM

Where did th8 happen?

DanimalllJun 10 at 3:10 PM

Hopefully that person aight

laurababy123Jun 10 at 5:13 PM

Some of these comments 🤦‍♀️ this poor woman

Logan_KeithJun 10 at 9:28 PM

Let's give the FDNY a hand

woodburyUser2056055006Jun 10 at 4:07 PM

Omg praying for her🙏🏾

beatlefoolJun 10 at 3:21 PM

That poor lady. Always unplug if you need to stick your hand in and never wear rings if doing so!!!!

puddin356Jun 10 at 3:26 PM

Where did th8 happen?

DanimalllJun 10 at 3:10 PM

Hopefully that person aight

laurababy123Jun 10 at 5:13 PM

Some of these comments 🤦‍♀️ this poor woman

Logan_KeithJun 10 at 9:28 PM

Let's give the FDNY a hand

woodburyUser2056055006Jun 10 at 4:07 PM

Omg praying for her🙏🏾

beatlefoolJun 10 at 3:21 PM

That poor lady. Always unplug if you need to stick your hand in and never wear rings if doing so!!!!

puddin356Jun 10 at 3:26 PM

Where did th8 happen?

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