Worker accidentally stabs arm with screwdriver


The audio is a report of a man working on a car who stabbed his arm with a screwdriver and is bleeding heavily; the caller says the injury may have hit an artery and sounds upset.
Audio|Source: Black Hawk County Fire and EMS
01:14
Transcript:
333 for a hemorrhage at 1115 Midland Street, Crossnoff, McShane and Longfellow. 333 for a hemorrhage, 1115 Midland Street. Come of your dispatch, 1804. 333 en route? 333 en route to 1115 Midland Street. We've got a 49-year-old male working on a car who says he stabbed himself with a screwdriver in the arm and says it hit an artery. 1115 Midland Street. The reporting party was available but the caller was pretty worked up. He said he has something on the arm, but we don't know if it was a tourniquet or just a band. What are you doing? Two more. 33 trig numbers. 1115.
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Location mentioned:
Near Midland St, Waterloo, IA 50703
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