Tragic Accident, please be careful

[ChiefChicken]

I didn't see this article posted yet, so I thought I'd share. Last week a Connecticut man was cleaning his boiler and ended up getting his arm stuck. He was stuck there for 3 days and was finally rescued after some friends reported him missing. The article linked below has all the details, it's quite a survival story. I know his boiler was not a wood fired unit, but accidents can happen to anybody and I just wanted to remind all of us to be careful, especially when working alone.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Home/man-trapped-furnace-amputated-arm/story?id=10889441

 

[twitch]

All I can say is WOW!! I don't know if I could have done that, and I hope I never find out.

 

[wantstoburnwood]

I read this story in my local news paper . Wow just imagine cutting your arm off.

 

[BrotherBart]

You can bet the boiler manufacturer will do anything to keep their name out out of this one.

 

[jeff_t]

Wow.
My wife gives me a little crap sometimes cause I always have a phone in my pocket when I'm working around the house. I've told her it's not really because I want to talk to anyone or I'm afraid to miss a call. I'll have to make sure she reads this.

 

[Singed Eyebrows]

You can bet the boiler manufacturer will do anything to keep their name out out of this one.

That wouldn't be a selling point? Tough call for this guy, Randy

 

[ChiefChicken]

I don't know who the original boiler manufacturer was, but another company has donated and already installed a new boiler in John's home. John is the man who lost his arm.

http://www.newstalk1010.com/news/56/1153460

Someone else has set up a website for donations to help with the cost of a prosthetic arm

http://helpjonmetz.com/

Although I don't know John personally, it does my heart good to see the local community reach out to help a neighbor in need.

 

[jklingel]

I've read of a guy up here doing the same thing when caught out in sub-zero weather (about 30 below, if I recall) on a snow machine. The guy said he waited till his exposed, trapped arm sort of froze, then chopped it off w/ a hatchet without a great deal of pain. Even so, chopping off a body part HAS to be pretty tough. He said he knew no one would come looking for him for at least a day, and by then he would have been dead. Glad this guy made it, too; quite the weird situation, for sure.