Local man loses leg in workplace accident

” So my left heel started getting caught, I didn’t realize right away, I thought I was just falling. So I used the panel to kind of pull myself up and I brought my right foot into kind of lift myself up and that’s when I looked down and realized that I was starting to be run over.”

Scott said by the time he realized what was happening, his left foot was already mangled and at a 90-degree angle to the point where his toes were touching his shine. Rob says there were other spotters but the work site was particularly busy that day and they were in other places.

“I instantly started screaming, stop,stop. By the time somebody got to where I was and the excavator stopped the toe of the track, you know (sic) like, the round part of the track, was just underneath my (right) hip bone.”

9-1-1 was called and Rob was taken to the hospital. There the decision was made to amputate his left leg as it could not be saved. He also suffered a major injury to his groin, has several pins and a metal plate in his leg, and his right hip is broken. With months and months of recovery ahead, there is no chance he will ever return to his job as a carpenter. Regardless of what had taken place that day, there was a concern for his life and family but also, his crew.

” I care about everyone else, so much more than myself. The biggest thing going through my mind is I’m sorry, for how the operator would lose sleep over it, my friends and family are dealing with it.”

This is where Rob’s friends have come in. They created a Facebook called Rob Scott’s Recovery. There you will find daily updates along with a GO FUND ME page. His concern is his family and how he will be able to provide for them going forward, but, for now, they have had an amazing response from the community, and for now, there is less worry. He has a message for the community and everyone who helped him that fateful day.

“Thank you, thank you.” “BC Ambulance service I am pretty sure there were two or three ambulances there, they were amazing they did everything they could.” explains Scott ” The crew that I work with, they did everything right, nothing wrong. Even leading up to the incident, I don’t blame anybody. It’s just the wrong place, wrong time. It shouldn’t have happened but it did.” Scott continues ” The trauma staff, the emergency staff, ICU and surgery step-down Nurses and Doctors everybody involved in my recovery. You make this bearable.”

To donate to Rob Scotts GOFund Me follow this link.

by Randi-Marie Adams

Local man loses leg in workplace accident

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