COHASSET, MASS. (WHDH) - Federal officials are investigating after a woman was trapped under a stump grinding machine in Cohasset Monday, police said.
Cohasset police and fire officials responded to a 26-year-old Whitman woman trapped under the machine, police said. Officers lifted the 3,000-pound machine off her leg, according to police.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating, police said.
26-y/o Whitman female rescued by @CohassetPolice and @CohassetFire today after getting trapped under stump grinding machine. Good job by 4-officers that lifted 3000# machine off her leg. Recovering @southshorehosp #OSHA investigating #Cohasset pic.twitter.com/GbDBRgzaiX
— Cohasset Police (@CohassetPolice) August 19, 2019
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