What is happening?

What to do

1. Stop work and ask for help. If safe, identify the machine and exact location.
2. Do not test whether you can resume work. Report pain, numbness or breathing difficulty.
3. Heavy bleeding: firm clean-cloth pressure, except eye, skull depression or protruding organs. Object/bone: around, not on it. Open chest or uncontrolled bleeding: bleeding guide now.
4. If there is no immediate danger, help the person stay still and comfortable. Do not force their body straight. Tell the dispatcher if they vomit, struggle to breathe, become weak or get worse. Stay with them. If safe, ask someone else to call or meet the rescue team.
5. Heat, chemical, electricity, poisoning or bite: use specific guide below. Burns: cool injured area only, keep rest warm. A child needs medical care.
6. Hanging in harness with dizziness/breathlessness: ambulance/rescue now. No cutting support or untrained climbing. After safe rescue, comfortable rest, ideally lying. No forced30-minute sitting.