Newton Firefighters Rescue Worker Stuck In Cement Mixer

NEWTON (CBS) – A construction worker suffered severe injuries after he got his foot stuck in a cement mixer in Newton Thursday afternoon.

Fire crews say the man accidentally slipped while working at a building on LaGrange Street and his leg got twisted into the mixer.

U/D LaGrange St.- 1 patient to the BI in Boston. This is the Kessler Woods development. Address is 179 LaGrange St. pic.twitter.com/1j0R3Bk48G
— Newton Fire (@NewtonFireDept) August 4, 2016

A co-worker heard his screams and quickly turned the machine off.

Final U/D- LaGrange St. This is the piece of equipment. Crews had to cut away the sides to free the patient. pic.twitter.com/6AguWDy0Tu
— Newton Fire (@NewtonFireDept) August 4, 2016

It took rescuers about two hours to take apart the mixer and get him free.

He is now recovering at a local hospital.

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