Firefighters free woman trapped in machinery

A woman was taken to hospital by air ambulance after getting her arm trapped in machinery.
The woman's arm was trapped in the rollers of a paint mixing machine.The woman's arm was trapped in the rollers of a paint mixing machine.
The woman's arm was trapped in the rollers of a paint mixing machine.

Emergency services were called to Cragg Hill Road in the village of Horton in Ribblesdale just after 6pm last night when the woman’s arm got caught in the roller bars of a paint mixing machine.

North Yorkshire Fire Service said teams from Hawes and Settle worked to free the woman.

They used small tools to remove two hydraulic bungs, releasing the pressure on the three rollers and allowing them to move the woman’s arm.

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