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Apr 16, 2014, 04:52 PM
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Yesterday was an exciting day to say the least.
I work at a flour mill as a lab assistant/truck driver, and as I was cleaning around a machine I was using, a kind of industrial mixer, when my hand was sucked into the machine blades. The blades had my hand in a crushing vice-grip, and my co-workers scrambled to reverse the blades of the machine. Eventually my boss called the Fire Department and the Paramedics to come. The Paramedics put an oxygen mask on me and injected me with morphine while the Fire Department attempted to free my hand. They said I was in shock from the pain and losing consciousness. My co-workers put cold clothes on me to keep my body temperature down. Originally they were going to take the machine with my hand in it to the Science Centre to have my hand surgically removed, but they managed to free my hand after an hour of being in the machine. The ambulance rushed me to the ER and the doctor had to separate my fingers because they were kind of crushed together. Fortunately I will keep all my fingers and I shouldn't have any long-term damage. Doctors said I would have lost all 4 fingers on my right hand if the machine hadn't stopped from me frantically hitting the button. Off work for a few days for recovery, and it kind of looks like my fingers are somewhat mangled, but other than that not too bad  .
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#2
Apr 16, 2014, 06:31 PM
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Apr 16, 2014, 06:32 PM
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How long was your hand stuck before they managed to free it?
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Apr 16, 2014, 11:03 PM
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Wow... you were extremely lucky not have lost your fingers, hand, and possibly your arm too. Most people probably have no idea how powerful those machines are. You must have turned it off just in time. I'm glad it wasn't any worse than it was but it sounds bad. I can tell that you're downplaying it
 Take care and be a lot more careful.
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Apr 16, 2014, 11:10 PM
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(((((yogurtz)))))
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Apr 16, 2014, 11:47 PM
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Thank goodness that you made it through the accident with all of your fingers in place, and no long-term damage. That is amazing!! Sounds like a very experience to me though.
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Apr 17, 2014, 05:00 AM
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((((((Yogurtz))))))))
I am so sorry to hear about this and good thinking on your part to get it stopped in time. Wishing you a very speedy recovery. Take good care of you now and in the days ahead.
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Apr 22, 2014, 02:18 PM
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I'm so glad to hear that you made it through this ordeal. It sounds like a nightmare; and you were amazingly brave. You tell the story so calmly! All my best wishes for your full recovery, physical and emotional.
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Apr 23, 2014, 02:20 AM
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That is hectic. Glad you got freed and hope the recovery is quick
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Apr 27, 2014, 11:25 AM
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I am so glad you stopped the machine in time! That is so scary.
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Apr 28, 2014, 08:27 AM
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How are you doing now?
Hope your recovery is coming along well.
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I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. -M.Angelou Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anaïs Nin. It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view. -Dalai Lama XIV |
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Apr 28, 2014, 03:04 PM
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