Saxony: Man seriously injured in an accident at work in Dresden-Eschdorf

Dresden (dpa/sn) - In a work accident in Dresden-Eschdorf, a 59-year-old man was seriously injured on his harvester on Friday evening. As the fire brigade of the Saxon state capital announced on Saturday, his right arm got caught in a potato harvester and was trapped. However, the patient was responsive and was initially taken care of by the fire brigade, it said. "At the same time, the PTO shaft and all chain and belt drives were removed from the device." After the angles and shafts of the working machine were dismantled, the patient could finally be transferred and taken to a hospital.