Feet caught in his farm machine: Farmer seriously injured after getting his legs stuck in the bin of his combine harvester
|L’homme a été gravement blessé. ENVATO ELEMENTS – zhenny-zhenny
Un agriculteur a été gravement blessé ce 3 octobre 2024 après s’être coincé les pieds dans la benne de sa moissonneuse.
The accident occurred on October 3, on the Poil-Rouge road, near the town of Vouillé-les-Marais in Vendée, indicates Ouest-France.
Feet stuck in the auger
At around 3 p.m., a 46-year-old farmer alerted the firefighters after getting his legs stuck in his agricultural machine, according to our colleagues at France Bleu.
His feet were caught in the auger of a combine harvester hopper. Located at the rear of the agricultural machine, the hopper is a type of bin that stores the grains harvested by the combine harvester.
The man was seriously injured
Twelve firefighters and three engines were mobilized for the intervention in Vouillé-les-Marais.
The seriously injured victim was able to be rescued and was transported to the La Roche-sur-Yon Hospital Center.