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Man gets leg harvested

2007 Reader Submission
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Heard this on the radio drive-time news yesterday (Radio MMM 104.5FM), and thought it had to be a joke. It was confirmed on the TV last night (Channel 7 News) and I found it on our State's major newspaper The Courier Mail today.

It seems a farm worker needed to remove a jam from the harvester on a ginger farm at Beerwah on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Without turning off the harvester, he decided to KICK the blockage out of the gap between 2 rollers that sit 4cm apart. His foot was, of course, caught in the rollers and his leg was crushed up to the knee to a 4cm width.

According to the TV news last night, he'll probably lose the leg.

Honourable mention now, possible Darwin nominee later?

Submitted on 05/16/2007

Submitted by: Twitch
Reference: The Courier Mail (http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,21741180-3102,00.html) 16/5/07

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James said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
We've had a couple of "kick the jam out of the machine" stories recently, but I see no reason not to include this one. My only problem is the rather sparse detail in the news report, but there is enough there to allow one's imagination to do the rest! Thanks, Twitch!


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Not particularly funny but I suspect a better write up could be done to remedy that. In fact, the actual news story was more amusing, bringing the mental image of the workers hauling the harvester and the victim together back to the shop to attempt to free him. Nevertheless I believe this is the first ever ginger harvest story submitted. Thanks for sending it our way, Twitch.


Graham said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Agreed. This was a supremely stupid act (whether accurate or not). It made me wince just thinking about it.


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