Surgeons at Cork University Hospital have successfully reattached a man’s arm after it was cut off in a workplace accident earlier this week in Limerick.
John Dineen, a livestock road haulage contractor, was loading animal feed from a conveyor machine into a truck when one of his arms was severed from below the elbow at Dan O’Connor Feeds, Ballysimon Road, Limerick.
Jerry Clifford, general manager of the plant, said the accident was shocking and regretful, but they were delighted to hear the man’s arm had been reattached and that he was making good progress following surgery.
A Garda spokesman said Mr Dineen’s arm was retrieved from the conveyer machine and that a tourniquet was applied to stem blood loss.
The Garda and Health and Safety Authority are investigating.