Worker whose manhood was severed in industrial accident undergoes eight-hour surgery

Surgeons at Southmead Hospital have been battling to save a man’s life after his penis was severed in a freak industrial accident.

The man is understood to still be under heavy sedation days after the incident, which happened on Monday afternoon.

The man, who has not been named, underwent an eight-hour operation at the Bristol Hospital on Monday, according to a family member. And a family member has also claimed his penis was understood to be severed by some sort of saw.

Ambulance staff were called to a company in the village of Moreton Valence, near Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, at around 3.48pm to a man with a serious groin injury.The man, who is believed to be from Gloucester, remains in a serious condition in hospital following the operation.

And investigations have begun into how the industrial accident happened.

The air ambulance and a large team of paramedics rushed to the scene, but the man was transferred to Southmead by land ambulance.

According to Gloucestershire Live, the family member claimed his penis was understood to have been severed by some sort of saw. A spokesman for Gloucestershire police said the incident was not being treated as suspicious.

She said: “We were called by the ambulance service shortly after 4.30pm on Monday about an incident in Moreton Valence where a man had suffered serious injuries.

“Officers attended and the incident is being treated as non-suspicious. The Health and Safety Executive has been informed and will carry out an investigation.”

A spokesman for the Health and Safety Executive confirmed they were now investigating.

A HSE spokesperson said: “HSE has been made aware of this incident by the police, who attended the scene. We remain in dialogue with the police to establish whether there will be HSE involvement.”