Man at White House taken to Hospital with 'Life Threating' Injuries (Now with less threating injury)

[Joe the Revelator]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/man_taken_from_white_house_injury_xo2ZukUJbkEDZSROjmDX0J


WASHINGTON -- An unidentified man was brought to a Washington, D.C., hospital from the White House after suffering a life-threatening hand injury Tuesday.

According to The Washington Post, the incident, which occurred shortly before 11:00am, caused the "possible amputation of one or two fingers," D.C. Fire/EMS spokesman Lon Walls said.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/man_taken_from_white_house_injury_xo2ZukUJbkEDZSROjmDX0J#ixzz1mOFVcvFQ

[unblock]

1. yow! must have lost a lot of blood??

[snooper2]

9. That doesn't have to be the case, put the wounded fingers in mouth

drink blood, no blood lost

[FarPoint]

2. Maybe a chefs wound ...

Could be from the kitchen staff?

[justabob]

3. or the gardeners

or even an office person using a large paper cutter?

[Cleita]

4. Or just about anything where sharp equipment is involved. n/t

[notadmblnd]

5. Sounds like someone who may have worked in a kitchen.

[southernyankeebelle]

7. Let's hope he'll be alright.

[Lawlbringer]

6. What no one knows

is that Obama doesn't need the Secret Service for protection, he uses them for company. This just proves that he can take on anyone who challenges him.

[ret5hd]

8. the Jackie Chan of presidents!

[E-Z-B]

10. I can't wait to hear the conspiracy theories coming from the right-wing nut jobs

[warrior1]

11. WH is saying

that they never said life threatening. A member of their staff was injured.

[bigworld]

12. There's lots of construction going on as well there

That could be the case.

[bayareaboy]

13. a little known fact ...

The White House has decided to start using Yakuza concepts of discipline, and yubitsume, the cutting of finger tips is the first step. If you all recall, Mr. Rham Emanuel was missing a couple of fingers.

[christx30]

17. Who is going to lose

a finger after "Fast and the Furious"?

[warrior1]

14. msnbc

Updated at 4:30 p.m. ET: The Washington Post has updated its story to remove its report that a man at the White House suffered "life-threatening injuries." The White House told NBC News that the man was a staff member who suffered minor injuries to his hand.

[Cleita]

16. Figures.

Thanks for setting the record straight and all the great exaggerators of a small incident can go home now.

[MindMover]

15. President chewed off hand of CIA agent that wanted to escort him to waiting limo......

[Ian David]

18. Table Saws: Most Injurious Woodworking Tool

Table Saws: Most Injurious Woodworking Tool

There is a table saw injury every 9 minutes.

Every year there are:

Over 60,000 injuries
Over 3,000 amputations
$2 billion in injury-related costs

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission

Table saws are associated with more injuries than any other type of woodworking tool. Most table saw-related injuries result from contact with the saw blade. Passive injury prevention strategies focusing on preventing finger/thumb/hand contact with the blade need to be implemented.

According to a recent study published in the Journal of Trauma, a professional journal for ER staff, roughly 31,400 people are treated in emergency rooms every year for tablesaw injuries. This is based on ER reports compiled from 1990 to 2007 and amazingly, that figure doesn’t even include folks who are injured on the job. Those statistics are kept separate and aren’t included in the study.

More:
http://www.whirlwindtool.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2%3Anewsflash-1&catid=3%3Anewsflash&Itemid=50

[slackmaster]

19. Third-degree paper cut from the proposed budget.