10/23/2017 - PEMBROKE, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - Around 1345 hours the Pembroke Fire Department responded to 30 Riverside Drive, Markings Incorporated, for a report of a person suffering burns. Companies arrived to find a 26/M victim with third degree burns on his arms, bilaterally. Paramedics requested Boston MedFlight to respond to transport the patient. They were available with a 15-20 minute ETA to the landing zone at 139 Church Street, Kohl's. Police and fire apparatus secured the landing zone as bystanders gathered to watch. Markings Incorporated utilizes paints for marking roads and parking lots. The hot paint reportedly discharged from a machine or vehicle, burning the victim. Boston MedFlight landed and took patient care from the Pembroke paramedics. The victim was assisted from Pembroke's ambulance to an awaiting Boston MedFlight stretcher, then loaded into the helicopter. Yellow paint was visible on the victims head. The patient was transported to the Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. The cause of the incident is currently under investigation.
