Crime & Safety

Man Seriously Injured In Industrial Accident In Islip

The worker became trapped between two industrial lifts while working Monday morning, police said.

ISLIP, NY — A 55-year-old man was seriously injured in an industrial accident while working in Islip Monday morning, according to Suffolk police.

The man was loading industrial lifts onto a flatbed truck in the parking lot of Sunbelt Rentals on Nassau Ave. when he became trapped between two lifts at 11:15 a.m.

He was later taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

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