Emergency responders from the Kusoldharm Phuket Foundation, along with an advanced EMS unit from Vachira Phuket Hospital, were dispatched to the shop, located in Soi Siang Tai, near Mission Hospital Phuket, after receiving an urgent call reporting the incident.
Rescue workers arrived to find the teen, Barokat Intharat, from Koh Kaew, with his right hand jammed inside the industrial meat grinder.
Although visibly exhausted and in pain, he remained conscious. Rescue personnel spent nearly an hour using cutting and prying tools to carefully dismantle the grinder and free what remained of his hand.
First aid was administered on site before he was transported to Vachira Phuket Hospital for further treatment.
According to witnesses, the accident occurred while Mr Barokat was operating the grinder. His hand slipped into the machine and a co-worker quickly shut it off before calling emergency services.
At last report officials were investigating how Mr Barokat’s hand came to become jammed inside the grinder.