Sugar crusher claims Phuket worker’s hand
Kyam Thu Aung, a 31-year-old Myanmar worker in Phuket had a horrific accident Friday afternoon when he lost his hand in a home sugar cane crusher.
Kusoldham Rescue Foundation volunteers arrived to find the man with parts of his left hand still inside the crusher. The hand had been destroyed in the crusher and almost completely separated from his forearm. The team carefully pulled Kyam Thu Aung’s arm out, stabilised him and transported him to Patong Hospital.
The man says he was doing his daily job preparing juice from raw sugar cane. When he noticed that there were bits of sugar cane inside the crusher that needed to be removed, he tried to pick them out without turning off the machine.
The crusher sucked his hand in, almost severing it from his arm. He was able to switch off the machine and called his relatives for help.
His hand will not be able to be re-attached to his arm.
