Quick action at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh saves boy's severed arm
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The surgery happened over two weeks ago. Today's news is that the boy has returned home. I've never seen a story containing the words "power take-off" be anything other than grisly.
For the most part, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not regulate working conditions on family farms. There are some exceptions. Where there is an employer-employee relationship, OSHA standards require guards on rotating parts of machinery.
In a factory setting, the OSHA standards in Part 1910, Subpart O—Machinery and Machine Guarding, apply. In an agricultural setting, the OSHA standards in Part 1928, Subpart D—Safety for Agricultural Equipment, apply.
Here are some OSHA websites that address safety on the farm:
Safety and Health Topics: Agricultural Operations
Standards Covering Agricultural Operations
In addition, most states have universities with extension bureaus. In Pennsylvania, the Penn State farm extension bureau has a website for farm safety:
Agricultural Safety and Health
This page in particular deals with safety around tractors:
National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operation Program
If you would like assistance tracking down additional information for your setting or state, please write me at DU. I'm in a position where I can find things like this quickly, and I will do what I can to help.
By Ben Schmitt
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, 11:06 p.m.
Writhing in pain, his right arm severed just beneath the shoulder, 12-year-old Seth Apel screamed the unthinkable to his parents.
“He wanted to die; he said he wanted to see Jesus,” Seth's dad, Joshua Apel, recalled in a quavering voice Wednesday. “And I told him, ‘No, you're not done. You've got a plan here.' ”
Seth lost his arm Saturday afternoon in Clarion County when a piece of tractor equipment snared his coat sleeve and sliced through his skin and bones.
Quick action by family members and medics, who packed the arm in ice, led to successful surgery at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in Lawrenceville. Dr. Lorelei Grunwaldt, a pediatric plastic surgeon, reattached the arm with the help of a trauma team in a six-hour procedure just before midnight Saturday.
In Google News yesterday:
November 27, 2015 10:33 PM By Ralph Iannotti
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Clarion County boy, who had to have his right arm reattached by surgeons after a horrific accident, is back home with his family in the small town of Knox.
12-year old Seth Apel was hurt earlier this month while unloading firewood on his parent’s property. His sleeve got caught in a machine, and his arm was severed between his shoulder and elbow. First responders acted quickly, and the boy was flown by helicopter to UPMC Children’s Hospital. His arm was packed in ice and also flown to the hospital. Surgeons worked for eight hours and reattached the arm.
At his home Friday night, Apel told KDKA TV’s Ralph Iannotti, “It feels good to be home, and not having nurses waking you up every two hours.”
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