Treework Accident in Shropshire

[Le Sanglier]

Update on accident. He was felling a Norway spruce, it hungup and kicked back - not sure if it was a hinge fail or came off the stump afterwards, but the tree kicked back and trapped his leg, then the tree twisted almost severing his leg.

 

He was working alone but had his mobile phone in his pickup, so laid there trapped with a crushed leg, until a dog walker happened to be walking by. The dog walker used his dog lead above the wound to stop the lose of blood, until the air ambulance arrived.

 

He has had major surgery twice and is expected to stay in hospital for at least 6 weeks.

 

Only from what I know crush injuries can be dangerous as broken tissue can enter the blood system causing clotting in other areas, also his leg may be at risk from infection and it's not known until much later if it will be possible us have full use again.

 

Hope he does make a good recovery - even after years, it's always possible to have an accident. It will make me think more in future.

Thanks for the update, plenty to think about for everyone.

[HCR]

Poor guy. There's at least one good lesson in there as well, if not two.