Severe back, leg, head injuries for worker in Ramsey industrial accident

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A worker who suffered several severe injuries when he was sucked into a machine at a Ramsey factory that makes filtration products was taken by helicopter to Hackensack University Medical Center this afternoon.

Photo Credit: *Cliffview Pilot File Photo*

Jerry DeMarco

04/26/2013 7:34 p.m.

The 43-year-old laborer was operating a lathe at LEEM Filtration on Arrow Road around 12:45 this afternoon when his clothes were pulled into the machine, Police Chief Bryan Gurney told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

The accident caused several injuries — including a severe back injury and a compound fracture of his arm, as well as a head injury, the chief said.

Emergency medical technicians worked on him for about 20 minutes before the victim was flown from nearby McFarren Field by AirMed One.

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