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| Man narrowly escapes death as runaway saw blade flies towards him from construction site | |
| 2024-04-02 | |
[YouTube] A Eugene man had a major scare after a large (4’), runaway saw blade slammed into a convenience store, seconds after he went through the front door.
1:19 who witnessed the incident says a loose 1:21 bolt and possible operator error may 1:24 have caused the giant soate to come 1:26 loose in spin away at high speeds. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 ^ I saw a guy fall onto rebar (pre-safety caps). They cut it off and left it in him to transport to ER. He lived, less one kidney |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-04-02 18:36 |
| #5 A patient of mine long long ago narrowly escaped being sliced vertically by a huge rapidly spinning "buzz saw" that came off its axle at a local lumber processing operation. He just happened to see the thing wheeling towards him, he ducked to one side & had the blade slice right through one of his deltoid muscles. He got some very good first aid & was then dropped off at my ER. He was the only Amish man I ever met that I could call "excited". After I found out what happened, I sent him for a "scout" xray. Sure enough the xray showed the kerf the saw made in the upper end of his humerus, leaving only the slightest strip of bone bridging the two pieces. Without that bridge the only thing holding his arm on was nerves, arteries, veins, easily torn stuff like that. I called the orthopedic surgeon, who met the patient shortly afterward in the OR. That first aid bandage wasn't touched until absolutely everything else was ready in the OR. Patient did OK except he couldn't use the deltoid muscle any more. |
| Posted by: Gromble+Dribble4342 2024-04-02 16:50 |
| #4 Leave it there. Would be great for coffee sales. |
| Posted by: Beldar+Uneter3543 2024-04-02 12:31 |
| #3 "missed me by that much" Maxwell Smart |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2024-04-02 07:44 |
| #2 Flies toward him.... Gahe blade ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-04-02 05:35 |
| #1 Does that qualify as a close shave? Does the fact that the blade had teeth make it an acci"Dental" occurence? |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2024-04-02 01:39 |