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Sausage machine inhales worker

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DANVERS, Mass., May 23 (UPI) -- A cleaner working at a Massachusetts sausage company was sucked head first into a seasoning machine but appeared to be uninjured, police say.

The victim was pulled into a "vacuum-type cylinder" that draws marinade into meat when the machine was accidentally activated, pulling his head and shoulders into the device, the (North Andover, Mass.) Eagle-Tribune reported Sunday.

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He was assisted out of the machine at the DiLuigi Sausage Co. in Danvers, Mass., with no visible signs of trauma but was taken to a local hospital and checked for internal injuries, police Lt. Carole Germano said.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was notified and said it would investigate, the Eagle-Tribune reported.

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