Worker burns hand at Lawrence laundry

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A 30-year-old man working at A+Laundry at 224 Lawrence Ave. in Lawrence suffered severe burns to his left hand when he tried to repair a factory steam and iron machine at 11:25 a.m. on Nov. 21, according to police.

The man’s hand became caught in the machine’s rollers. Co-workers used a crow bar and pried his hand out of the machine as they separated the rollers, police said He was taken by Nassau County police ambulance to a local hospital and treated for his wounds.