Michael dialled 999 after being unable to budge the heavy bale himself
A dad saved the life of a farmer crushed under half a ton of hay - by using an app to guide medics to the rural location. Michael Moss, 39, had been eating lunch in his garden when he heard distant screams for help coming from the fields behind his home in Worksop, Notts.
By telling call handlers the words "dads", "scorched" and "hairstyle" medics were able to pinpoint where he was to within a three metre square radius. Dad-of-two Michael said: “It had been my daughter's sixth birthday on June 23 but I was working and had been eating a sandwich outside before my next meeting.
“I could see a tractor cab parked. I was worried about what I was going to face now, is he impaled etc., who knows. That really triggered how am I going to deal with this. He was severely injured under the hay bale, it’s not the first thing you’d think to see. "A previous boss worked in the emergency services and said I should download what3owrds, but this was the first time I'd ever used it. As I'm on 999 they ask where we are. I said I've got what3words and they said that was good.Paramedics arrived at the scene 15 minutes later and administered pain relief and some tranquilliser so they could transport him to the nearest hospital an hour away.
Farmer Stephen was left with severe trauma to the pelvis and femur, but Micheal reckons it could have been much worse if he hadn’t got there when he did. He said: “Those three minutes I had with what3words made all the difference. It can save someone's life.
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