Last Friday afternoon, a New York woman’s arm was severed after being caught in a packing machine at her job at Brand Packing Group Inc..  37-year old Beatriz Blas was working at the company’s plant on Price Parkway when her arm became stuck in the machine she was using.  A coworker responded to her screams, and was able to free her from the machine and pick up her severed arm.

Blas was airlifted to Nassau University Medical Center for immediate treatment, but later transferred to Stony Brook University Medical Center where she is in stable condition.  Doctors are now trying to reattach her amputated arm.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the workplace accident.  Witnesses and company officials were not sure how Blas’ arm became caught in the machine.