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SKĐS - A male meat grinder worker had to have one-third of his left forearm amputated after his hand was completely caught in a meat grinder while cleaning it while it was running.

On January 13th, information from Military Hospital 175 indicated that the hospital had just received a case of a man whose left arm was almost entirely caught in a meat grinder while cleaning it.

According to the report, the patient, N.V.T (40 years old, from Thanh Hoa province), worked at a pork processing factory. It is known that while cleaning the grinder (which was still running), the patient's left hand slipped into the grinding chamber and was pulled from the inlet to the outlet. Although the power was turned off in time, the patient's arm was pulled through the machine.

[Image caption: The patient's hand caught in the meat grinder while cleaning it while it was running. Photo: Hospital provided.]

[Image caption: The patient's hand caught in the meat grinder while cleaning it while it was running. Photo: Hospital provided.]

[Image caption: The patient's hand caught in the meat grinder while it was running.]  Dr. Bui Van Phuc, Deputy Head of the Upper Extremity Surgery Department, said that about an hour after the accident, the patient was admitted to Military Hospital 175 with his left hand tightly trapped in the machine's core, experiencing severe pain, and with crushed fingertips.

After a quick examination and assessment, the patient was diagnosed with a severe to very severe crushing injury to the left forearm and hand due to a work accident, with a risk of blood loss and infection if not treated promptly.

Determining this to be a serious injury requiring emergency surgery, the on-call team immediately took the patient to the operating room upon admission. Due to the deep entrapment of the hand, the bone fractures, and the crushed soft tissue, with no possibility of recovery, the doctors were forced to amputate the entire hand at the wrist level to free the limb from the machine.

Subsequent assessment showed that the middle third of the forearm was severely crushed, with muscle necrosis and bone fragments, making preservation impossible.  The surgical team continued the amputation up to the upper third of the left forearm, preserving the remaining healthy tissue for further treatment.

Post-operative care progressed smoothly; the stump was healthy and showed no signs of infection. After several days of monitoring and local care, the patient underwent stump closure.

Dr. Bui Van Phuc, Deputy Head of the Upper Extremity Surgery Department, advises workers and the public to strictly adhere to workplace safety regulations, and to always turn off machines and completely disconnect the power supply before cleaning or operating industrial machinery.