Texas Crews Save Worker After Assembly Line Mishap
Source Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Firefighters Tuesday morning rescued a General Motors worker whose foot became pinned under a piece of equipment on the assembly line.
Firefighters were called to GM's Arlington truck manufacturing plant about 6:18 a.m., said Battalion Chief Bill McQuatters.
With help from plant employees, McQuatters said, fire crews used a forklift to push the equipment off a female worker. The woman was taken by air ambulance to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.
"It looked a lot worse initially than it ended up being," McQuatters said.
The plant is investigating the incident, said Donna McLallen, a company spokeswoman.
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