MAN ENTRAPPED, KILLED IN A CONVEYOR BELT AT A SALVAGE OR RECYCLING YARD ON S BURLEY AVE, CHICAGO

MON APR 11 2016 ~9:46 AM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
MAN ENTRAPPED IN A MACHINE/EXTRICATION
11600 S BURLEY AVE CHICAGO, IL

REPORT OF A MAN TRAPPED IN A MACHINE AT NAPUCK SALVAGE OF WAUPACA. A MAN, AGE 70, WAS KILLED WHEN HIS ARM WAS SEVERED IN A CONVEYOR BELT USED TO SORT RECYCLING MATERIALS.

2-2-5 REPORTS MAN'S CLOTHING CAUGHT IN A CONVEYOR BELT. RESCUE IS CUTTING OFF CLOTHING. EMS EVALUATING.

VICTIM REMOVED FROM MACHINE BY 10:07 AM BUT FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUED TO WORK FOR SEVERAL MINUTES TO FREE THE MAN'S SEVERED ARM FROM THE CONVEYOR BELT.

THE MAN, IDENTIFIED AS JULIO HUERTA, KILLED AT THE SCENE, AND TRANSPORTED TO ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 10:21 AM.

OSHA IS INVESTIGATING.





UNITS ASSIGNED ...

ENGINE(S): E104 E74 ALS ENGINE

TRUCK(S): T61

SQD5

CHIEF(S): BC24   2-2-5      5-1-5

EMS: A51   FC ??

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