A worker miraculously survived after falling into a vat of molten aluminum at a factory but managed to pull himself to safety.
The 25-year-old electrician fell into a furnace filled with 720°C (1,328°F) molten aluminum while working at the factory in St. Gallen in the north-east of Switzerland.
The young man was knee deep in the molten metal but managed to brave the pain and pull himself out of the furnace.
A 25-year-old electrician survived a fall into this furnace in Switzerland filled with molten 720C aluminum
The accident happened in the city of St. Gallen in the north-east of Switzerland happens. City police said they are investigating how it happened
He and a colleague worked on the furnace with the aluminum in it on Wednesday night.
The man fell into a circular opening at the top of the furnace.
Two Swiss paramedics and paramedics attended to him at the factory.
He was then taken to hospital with serious burns.
Saint-Gilles police are investigating how the accident happened.
This is not the first time that an accident has happened in a factory.
Earlier this year, a packaging company pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety codes after a grandfather picked up his own severed hand after it was severed in an industrial accident – and carried it to doctors’ rescue.
Christopher Wright (59) bagged the limb to take it to the hospital, where it was reattached after 11 hours of surgery.
Christopher Wright (59) (pictured with his wife Elaine) lost his hand in an accident at work when he was pulled into a machine he was operating and his employer has now been fined £115,000.
Mr. Wright was taken to hospital where his hand was reattached after 11 hours of surgery
His handshake was revealed when his employers were fined £115,000 after they were found to have breached health and safety laws.
Despite the hand being reattached, Christopher has been in pain throughout his life and struggles to hug his granddaughter.
Engineer Christopher was working in a packaging factory when his hand was pulled into a machine.
Christopher was working for Riftward Limited as Playford Packaging in Wrexham when the accident happened two years ago.
That same year, a young woman suffered permanent injuries after her right arm was pulled into a rolling machine at a salt factory.
Courtney Herbert (18) was in excruciating pain after her arm got caught in machinery at the Pacific Salt factory in Whyalla, South Australia on April 17, 2020.
Courtney Herbert was in severe pain after her arm got stuck in the machine
The incident was over two years ago, but she still has regular pain from the incident
Ms Herbert was hospitalized for surgery and suffered tendon damage.
Pacific Salt, the manufacturer behind the famous Olsson’s Salt, was sued in South Australia’s labor court after the incident and pleaded guilty to breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
She was wiping excess salt from a conveyor belt when her shirt caught and pulled her arm into the roller.
Court documents reveal the desperate measures taken by Mrs. Herbert’s colleagues were taken, with one colleague grabbing a wrench nearby to release the tension on the pulley so she could pull her arm out.
Another worker desperately turned off the machine to stop the conveyor belt from crushing her arm.
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