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Teen workplace accidents: Mallory's story

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14 Mallory got her first job and a nice packing business she wanted to earn money for church camp it was August 7th at 7 and your volume license send preset amount of how much ice to get in the bag and I messed up on the back before so I came out too much ice in that bag and then sell around the back of my to fix it I was so worried about that in the back slipped out of my hand and it fell into the auger and I reached in and grabbed and pulled both my arms in I was stuck in there for 55 minutes while the paramedics had to figure out how to get me out he was finally released when the machine and flown to the regional Trauma Center they cut my tendon and they cut my whole arm open seeing this back side to and it turned Twisted it around and broke it in half and my fingers round my elbow so it made all the muscle in my arm and I both of them hospitals I can do anything for myself I was just like a newborn pretty much how to dress me in help me go to the bathroom and my mom had to stay home from work to take care of me for two months and so it was pretty much hard on the whole family he has undergone six surgeries and skin grafts to repair bone muscles nerves and blood vessels after extensive physical therapy she's learned to use her hands again but she'll never be quite the same she can no longer play play it's exhausting to hold a paintbrush for very long and she's not the athletes she used to be she was a very good that scare an excellent swimmer great at Sports and and that very much text for her she didn't I would say that it gave up but her arms gave up for her and that was very frustrating for her because of the things that she was able to do prior to that but I felt lost a lot of weight I'm pretty handicapped in that way I know really is strength back in my arms I lost all that muscle and it won't regrow so I'm just going to be weeks the rest of my life as for Mallory life moved on but she has some advice for younger workers out there for training in and pay attention during training that just FaceTime like people or dare you know I would have but actually pay attention I hope that nobody ever has to go through this because it's just it's life-changing and it's not for the better

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