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Employee's hand freed from equipment at Chesapeake Amazon warehouse after industrial accident

Chesapeake police say that dispatchers received a call for an industrial accident at the Amazon warehouse on Portsmouth Boulevard Friday morning.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — An Amazon employee in Chesapeake got his hand stuck in equipment for around 30 minutes Friday morning, officials confirmed.

A Chesapeake Fire Department spokesperson said emergency dispatchers received a call for an industrial accident at the Amazon facility at 5045 Portsmouth Boulevard. 

An employee's hand was trapped at the end of a conveyor belt under a roller. Crews had to take the equipment apart to free his hand.

The man was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Fire department officials did not say the extent of injuries to the employee's hand. 

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