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Stamford Man Killed At Work After Heavy Machinery Crashes Into Him Stamford Man Killed At Work After Heavy Machinery Crashes Into Him
Stamford Man Killed At Work After Heavy Machinery Crashes Into Him Police in Fairfield County and federal authorities are investigating the death of a 64-year-old worker at a business Wednesday morning, Oct. 30, after a piece of heavy machinery hit him, authorities said. The Stamford victim, who police did not name, was assisting a customer at the business around 8:15 a.m. when a 28-year-old Stamford front-end loader driver slammed into him, authorities said.  Stamford Police did not name the business.  Paramedics rushed the man to Stamford Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.  Police contacted the Occupational Safety and Heal…

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by Josh Lanier
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CT Employee Seriously Injured After Becoming Impaled In Pasta Machine CT Employee Seriously Injured After Becoming Impaled In Pasta Machine
CT Employee Seriously Injured After Becoming Impaled In Pasta Machine An employee at a Connecticut food plant was seriously injured after becoming impaled on a pasta machine. The incident took place around 3:30 a.m., Monday, March 21 at Carla's Pasta, 50 Talbot Lane, in South Windsor, in Hartford County. The South Windsor Fire Department responded to the restaurant for a report of an employee with his armed trapped in a pasta roller machine. Car 19 responded first, and while en route, was updated the man was trapped up to his elbow.  The patient was both entangled and impaled by the machine, which was in a tight location both above and under conveyor b…

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by Kathy Reakes