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I hope I never have to find out....
callktulu
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...if I have the guts to do this:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312773,00.html
Farmer Cuts off Right Arm With Pocket Knife to Save Life
Sunday, November 25, 2007
A farmer from Kershaw County, South Carolina, cut off his own arm after it got stuck in a piece of equipment, WYFF4.com reported Sunday.
The nightmare for Sampson Parker began when he noticed a piece of cornstalk stuck in a farm machine. When he tried to release the cornstalk, his hand got stuck in the machine.
After about an hour of being trapped, with no response to his calls for help, Parker's arm became numb. He reached for his John Deere pocket knife and started cutting his fingers.
According to the report, shortly after Parker began his dramatic rescue, a fire broke out. He then did the only thing he could to save his life-sacrifice his right arm.
With little-to-no time to spare, Parker went straight for his arm, cutting away from the bone as fast as he could. Once he severed his arm from his body, he managed to drive himself to a road where a firefighter helped him with the injury.
"My skin was melting. It was dripping off my arm like plastic, plastic melting. I realized I was in trouble," Parker told WYFF4.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312773,00.html
Farmer Cuts off Right Arm With Pocket Knife to Save Life
Sunday, November 25, 2007
A farmer from Kershaw County, South Carolina, cut off his own arm after it got stuck in a piece of equipment, WYFF4.com reported Sunday.
The nightmare for Sampson Parker began when he noticed a piece of cornstalk stuck in a farm machine. When he tried to release the cornstalk, his hand got stuck in the machine.
After about an hour of being trapped, with no response to his calls for help, Parker's arm became numb. He reached for his John Deere pocket knife and started cutting his fingers.
According to the report, shortly after Parker began his dramatic rescue, a fire broke out. He then did the only thing he could to save his life-sacrifice his right arm.
With little-to-no time to spare, Parker went straight for his arm, cutting away from the bone as fast as he could. Once he severed his arm from his body, he managed to drive himself to a road where a firefighter helped him with the injury.
"My skin was melting. It was dripping off my arm like plastic, plastic melting. I realized I was in trouble," Parker told WYFF4.
Comments
Poor guy. What a terrible thing to happen.
That my friends, is one BAD-MO-FO!!!
Sound like a good man to have along in a bad situation!!!
True, but let's not forget that he stuck his hand into moving machinery. A major NO-NO where I work, or anywhere else that operates dangerous equipment. We have Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures for this very reason.
We have that very procedure here at work.
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
True, but let's not forget that he stuck his hand into moving machinery. A major NO-NO where I work, or anywhere else that operates dangerous equipment. We have Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures for this very reason.
We have that very procedure here at work.
farmers are exempt
They are big, and they are made of brass, and they clang together when he walks.
So true!
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