LancasterOnline.com:News:Worker pinned in farm machine

QUOTE (citizen-too @ Jul 29 2009, 07:46 PM)

You're not an idiot, you're lucky. I've been caught in a faulty machine. (1973, machine tripped with 7 safetys in operation, removing my fingers. They were reattached) First, you don't know what's happening until it's too late and then, luckily, the adrenalin pumps and the pain is deadened as you start into shock. The real pain starts a day or two later, after the drugs wear off. The trauma wakes you up for years.

There is no more information available about this guy yet and the family might not release anything. I don't blame them. Too many people will call him stupid, when in fact, mechanical failure is the cause of a high percent of industrial & farming accidents.

Man, I'm sorry you went through that. Glad that they were able to reattach them. I'm good friends with a volunteer ff and about 3 years ago he told me a story about the worse call he was ever on (involved a 3 year old and farm equipment - there really wasn't anything left). The accident probably occurred a good 13 years before he was telling me about it and it still traumatizes him. It traumatized me for months just to hear about it. The whole time he's telling me, I'm screaming on the inside "shut up shut up I don't want to hear this" but I know he just needed to talk about it.
They are called accidents for reasons. I really hope this man makes it and is able to keep his legs or whatever.
God bless the ff's, medics, and first responders who rush to help those in need.

QUOTE (southernendmom @ Jul 29 2009, 08:11 PM)

Man, I'm sorry you went through that. Glad that they were able to reattach them. I'm good friends with a volunteer ff and about 3 years ago he told me a story about the worse call he was ever on (involved a 3 year old and farm equipment - there really wasn't anything left). The accident probably occurred a good 13 years before he was telling me about it and it still traumatizes him. It traumatized me for months just to hear about it. The whole time he's telling me, I'm screaming on the inside "shut up shut up I don't want to hear this" but I know he just needed to talk about it.
They are called accidents for reasons. I really hope this man makes it and is able to keep his legs or whatever.
God bless the ff's, medics, and first responders who rush to help those in need.

Janice Ballenger's book, Addicted to Life and Death would probably be a good book for him. I've read it and loaned it to my EMT niece who has passed it around to her coworkers to read also. Dealing with the tragedies they see day in and day out, was a big part of her book. Journaling, too, brought some relief from the pain.

QUOTE (harv84 @ Jul 29 2009, 06:07 PM)

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE.. THIS MAN WAS WORKING ON A FARM AND WAS HURT.. AS A FARMER THE SUPPLY ALL MEANS OF FOOD FOR YOU PEOPLE.. THE FARMER IS THE HARD WORKER.. THOSE COMMENTS SAY ALOT ABOUT YOU FOLKS..IDIOTS

WHAT?? What are you talking about!!! We were show empathy towards the guy! I didn't think the word "ouch" meant anything but OUCH, as in "that had to hurt", as in " the pain must be awful". Maybe you should take it easy, no one said anything negative about the farmer.

QUOTE (Maffimuk @ Jul 30 2009, 01:39 AM)

WHAT?? What are you talking about!!! We were show empathy towards the guy! I didn't think the word "ouch" meant anything but OUCH, as in "that had to hurt", as in " the pain must be awful". Maybe you should take it easy, no one said anything negative about the farmer.

The dang newbie! I don't know what he thought he was reading.

QUOTE (Beth @ Jul 30 2009, 01:10 AM)

Janice Ballenger's book, Addicted to Life and Death would probably be a good book for him. I've read it and loaned it to my EMT niece who has passed it around to her coworkers to read also. Dealing with the tragedies they see day in and day out, was a big part of her book. Journaling, too, brought some relief from the pain.

Thanks for the suggestion. Perhaps I'll pick it up for a bday or Christmas present. It takes a special kind of person to put themselves in those positions.

QUOTE (citizen-too @ Jul 29 2009, 07:46 PM)

You're not an idiot, you're lucky. I've been caught in a faulty machine. (1973, machine tripped with 7 safetys in operation, removing my fingers. They were reattached)

How did you pick them up?