- A man fell onto a 5ft long reinforcing bar from first floor while working in China
- The steel bar pierced through his entire torso but did not damage major organs
- Doctors removed the bar from the man and sent him to intensive care units
A worker in China has miraculously survived a five-foot-long steel bar piercing through his torso at a construction site in Huizhou, China.
The 44-year-old man suffered multiple tissue and muscle damages although the steel bar avoided hitting any of his major organs.
Doctors joined forces to remove the bar from the worker’s body under seven-hour surgery. The man is now transferred to intensive care units.
A construction worker in China fell on a 5ft-long reinforcing bar that pierced through his body
According to The Southern Daily, the man fell onto a three-centimetre (1.18inch) wide, 15-metre (4.9ft) long reinforcing bar from first floor at a construction site at 12 noon on March 9.
The bar went in under his left armpit and out from the lower right back.
Paramedics were called to send him to Huizhou Central People’s Hospital. Medical staff across five departments diagnosed the man with rib fractures, lower abdominal bleeding and tissue tear.
They performed a seven hours operation which included removing the bar as well as sealing his wounds.
The steel bar went in under his left armpit and came out from his lower right back, as the graph shows (left). The bar did not damage any major arteries and organs (right)
The unnamed worker had multiple tissue and muscle damages but is now recovering
Doctor Cheng, who said similar accidents were usually fatal, explained: ‘Even though the rebar impaled the patient’s entire torso, the “delicate” angle at which it entered meant it missed every major artery and passed between all vital organs.’
He added that the reinforced metal also plugged his entry and exit wounds, preventing blood loss.
The worker is now recovering in the intensive care units after his traumatic ordeal.