Restaurant worker sent to hospital after her hand got stuck in meat grinder
ANAHEIM, Calif. - A restaurant worker in Anaheim was hospitalized Tuesday after her hand became stuck in a meat grinder.
The woman, who works at a pupuseria in the 1700 block of West Lincoln Avenue, near Euclid Street, got her hand stuck in the grinder about 6:05 p.m., according to Sgt. Shane Carringer of the Anaheim Police Department.
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Anaheim Fire and Rescue personnel gave her pain medication and removed the meat grinder from her hand, Carringer said.
Details about the procedure were not available.
She was taken to a hospital about 6:30 p.m., according to Carringer.
It was not immediately clear how much damage the meat grinder did to her hand.