Hackensack Firefighters Free Worker's Hand Caught In Printing Press

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack firefighters on Tuesday helped free a man who got his hand caught in a printing press.

Extraction took 15 minutes.
Photo Credit: *Hackensack Fire Capt. Justin Derevyanik*

The man was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center.
Photo Credit: *Hackensack Fire Capt. Justin Derevyanik*

12/13/2016 6:34 p.m.

Using lock and tag out, they made sure the power to the Russell Place machine was shut off and couldn't be restarted, then took it apart with small hand tools, Capt. Justin Derevyanik said.

Extraction of the man's left hand took about 15 minutes, he said.

The patient was turned over to a Hackensack University Medical Center Basic Life Suport and an Advanced Life Support team from Holy Name Medical Center.

They took him to HUMC.

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