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Woman's Arm Severed In Accident At Wisconsin Food Processing Plant

Authorities say a woman's arm was severed in an industrial accident in southeastern Wisconsin.

RANDOM LAKE, Wis. (AP) โ€” Authorities say a woman's arm was severed in an industrial accident in southeastern Wisconsin.

The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call about the accident Monday morning at Lakeside Foods in Random Lake.

Authorities say a 30-year-old woman's arm was severed above the elbow. The dispatch center talked people on the scene through live-saving procedures until deputies arrived and applied a tourniquet on the victim.

She was airlifted to Froedtert Hospital. No other details were released.

The accident is under investigation.

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