Man has a blade slicing through his face and lodged in his forehead

A man in China has been saved by seven-hour surgery after having a broken disc flew out of a cutter that sliced through from his lips and lodged deep in his forehead.

The fan-shaped saw was stuck in between his eyebrows about five centimetres deep (two inches), when it hit the man who did not wear any protective gear, according to reports.

The 50-year-old man, surnamed Zheng, was said to be cutting open a metal bucket to fix a sink in a pigsty.

A 50-year-old man has metal blade stuck in his forehead after it came off from a disc cutter (left). The rusty blade is longer than a size of a 10ml syringe (right)

According to Shaanxi Metropolitan Post, Mr Ma was using a rusty disc cutter to fix a sink in a pigsty in Qingyang of Gansu Province on March 4.

The machine broke and a running blade came off when he was cutting an iron bucket and the fan-shaped blade hit onto his face.

It was said Mr Ma did not put on any protective gear.

‘The wound is very deep, all the way from lower lip to the forehead,’ said Mr Ma’s son.

His father fainted and was taken to The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University immediately.

Doctors found cuts on Mr Ma’s lips, nose and forehead. 

The blade came off when Mr Ma was cutting a metal bucket without wearing any protection

He is recovering in intensive care unit in the hosptial after undergoing a seven-hour surgery

One neuro-surgeon explained to the reporter: ‘The blade has lodged very deep in the forehead. We have to be very careful not to damage his eyes and the surrounding blood vessels.’

Over 10 surgeons joined forced to perform a seven-hour surgery on Mr Ma but they had to monitor him closely.

‘We have to monitor the patient’s condition whether the patient will have any infections in the head because there might have some flakes of rusts remained inside,’ said one doctor.

Mr Ma is staying in intensive care unit after the surgery.