Home Depot worker hurt in freak accident

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Home Depot worker hurt in freak accident

Area where a Somersworth man hurt while helping a Home Depot customer with loading bagged concrete. (Rochester Police photo)

ROCHESTER - A Home Depot employee was injured on Saturday in a freak accident when he was pinned against a pallet of bagged concrete mix while assisting a store customer.

Glen Oswald, 70, of Somersworth, N.H., was rushed to Frisbie Memorial Hospital with what were described as nonlife-threatening injuries.

Oswald was helping Michael Curran, 70, of Barrington, N.H., who was backing up his vehicle for loading when he was struck and temporarily pinned against the pallet.