Ouch!

[Gromit]

// An electrician nearly died in a horrific and bizarre work accident when he was 'inflated' by a pressurised air line which went up his bottom.
Dad-of-one Gareth Durrant, 26, was wiring a caravan at the factory where he worked when the large pipe - carrying compressed air at around 300lbs per square inch - shot up his back passage.

He was rushed to hospital where scans revealed a six-inch tear in his bowel and severe damage to his intestines. He then faced hours of emergency surgery to save his life while wife Sarah, 25, waited anxiously with their toddler son Daniel, three.

He was unable to eat properly as he was vomiting food and now suffers agonising stomach pains and cramps as well as depression, anxiety and panic attacks. //

http://www.telegraph....factory-accident.html

Terrible but strangely amusing.

[Mamyalynne]

Pipped to this Gromit.

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1050403.html

[daffy654]

How the heck did it manage to get up his backside unless he was working naked. Sounds a bit suss to me.

[Gromit]

Apologies EDDIE51, didn't see yoour post.

[askyourgran]

I thought that daffy, the same as the bloke who got part of his anatomy stuck in the hosepipe of the hoover. I have visions of the poor guy floating in the air like a balloon, shouldn't laugh eh (titter. titter)

[Sagz]

Poor guy.

[Jemisa]

Should be in 'Joke Section' LOL.

jem

[jno]

there's a lot of it about, it seems

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...asia-pacific-13537084

[derekpara]

Surely a S.I.W ?

[modeller]

I don't believe it . It is talked about in factories using air lines. but these hoses are flexible and the pressure of air pushes them backwards never forward. To go forward they would have to be held /inserted manually.

[jackthehat]

I wonder if one of his workmates thought it would be a 'laugh' (given that Mr Durrant was wearing shorts) to give him a quick blast........and didn't think the consequences through properly?

[modeller]

That's quite likely jack but the nozzle is big usually about 2cm or more.
I would say it was an impossible true accident.

[sp1814]

modeller

I agree - the story was in Metro newspaper this morning, and whilst it described the accident, it failed to state exactly HOW the nozzle got where it did.

My only encounter with an air line is when pumping up tyres in a petrol station, and they tend to fly all over the place unless you hold them steady.

All seems a bit odd.

...and really very painful - the man's insides are all...messed up.

[joko]

i agree is sounds like one of his idiot workmates did it for a laugh...thinking hed just get a shock...and when he saw the actual consequences he played dumb...

these things dont just blow air out randomly, they have to be triggered. and they also dont force themselves between peoples buttocks...if anything it woudl be the opposite...the force would blow them the other way...

only other explanation, is he was alone and did it himself either for sexual kicks or just to see what it was like and thought he could pull it out in time before it started to hurt ....but obviously he doesnt want to admit that...

[DTCwordfan]

We used to have an engineerin the North Sea who would make machine guns with them.....long tubing for the rifle, a "t" extension bracketed off it, into which he would load ball bearings and then the air line behind it with a trigger.

Quite successful in nailing sea-gulls...........

This must have been an unfortunate accident.....i.e. his mates messing around.

[Khandro]

The airline itself would not enter his anus, but the air at that pressure would enter any orifice; mouth, nasal passages and yes, anus. thus causing terrible damage - air lines are dangerous things, no joke.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

I usually have trouble with air coming out, not going in!!!