Florida Contractor’s Nasty Accident with a Mulch-making Machine

19-year-old rushed to surgery, but leg is saved.

Dec 1, 2016

As reported by Fox 35 in Orlando, a 19-year-old landscape worker had one of his legs caught in a mulching machine. The man was rushed to surgery, but fortunately, did not need to have his leg amputated.

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