A New York woman’s arm was severed in a terrible workplace accident last Friday afternoon at Brand Packaging Group Inc..  37-year-old Beatriz Blas of Wyandanch was using a packing machine when her arm got stuck in the machine.  Blas screamed and a coworker quickly came and freed her from the machine and picked up her severed arm.

Emergency officials airlifted Blas to Nassau University Medical Center to be treated.  Blas was later transferred to Stony Brook University Medical Center where doctors are trying to reattach her arm.  Authorities say she is in stable condition.

Witnesses to the accident and company officials were unsure as to how Blas’ arm became stuck in the machine.  The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be investigating the accident.