July 21, 2009
Guru has stumbled across this cautionary tale of a London-based office worker hospitalised after her hair was caught in the blades of a desk fan.
This bloody incident happened during the mini heatwave at the start of July and lead to Emily Hutnyk suffering blood loss and lacerations to the scalp.
With temperatures topping well above 30 degrees, she put a small fan on her desktop to try and keep cool. However, her long hair suddenly got pulled in between the fan grilles and trapped in the blades with horrific consequences.
A clump of her long blonde hair (surprise, surprise, she's blonde) was forcefully pulled out of her scalp, together with a significant amount of skin. "It was over really fast actually", said Hutnyk, "in fact I think it was worse for my co-workers to watch - personally I passed out within seconds so I barely remember it. My colleagues told me later there was a lot of blood around - I think it was more traumatic for them to be honest."
According to reports, doctors are said to be considering hair implants to repair the damaged scalp once the wound has healed fully. Nasty...
The firm in question is "reviewing the cooling needs of the office" and has banned the use of desktop fans. A bit extreme, Guru thinks.
Now, at the advice of the GMB union (of course), Hutnyk is currently considering whether to pursue legal action against the company. Nothing can just be an accident any more can it? Someone always has to be to blame...
This bloody incident happened during the mini heatwave at the start of July and lead to Emily Hutnyk suffering blood loss and lacerations to the scalp.
With temperatures topping well above 30 degrees, she put a small fan on her desktop to try and keep cool. However, her long hair suddenly got pulled in between the fan grilles and trapped in the blades with horrific consequences.
A clump of her long blonde hair (surprise, surprise, she's blonde) was forcefully pulled out of her scalp, together with a significant amount of skin. "It was over really fast actually", said Hutnyk, "in fact I think it was worse for my co-workers to watch - personally I passed out within seconds so I barely remember it. My colleagues told me later there was a lot of blood around - I think it was more traumatic for them to be honest." According to reports, doctors are said to be considering hair implants to repair the damaged scalp once the wound has healed fully. Nasty...
The firm in question is "reviewing the cooling needs of the office" and has banned the use of desktop fans. A bit extreme, Guru thinks.
Now, at the advice of the GMB union (of course), Hutnyk is currently considering whether to pursue legal action against the company. Nothing can just be an accident any more can it? Someone always has to be to blame...
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