Shocking pics reveal extent of injuries suffered by mum who got her head trapped in a metal cutting machine
Woman endured seven hour surgery after having her ear and scalp ripped off in freak workplace disaster
A MOTHER has had a lucky escape after surviving a freak work accident that tore her scalp off.
Stephanie Adkins, 30, had the skin from her head and her ear torn off by a sheet cutting machine in Ohio.
She was rushed to hospital in debilitating pain and was operated on for seven hours.
She was saved by a skin graft, where doctors used blood vessels and veins from her leg to help heal her head.
Surgeons managed to reattach her scalp and ear, but the woman may be blind for the rest of her life.
Her corneas were scratched in the tragic accident and doctors do not know whether her vision will return.
Adkins is thought to need further surgery on her face and eyes.
Her father, Mike Adkins, 53, rushed to her side when he found out what happened.
He said: 'She was screaming and they had to unravel her hair and scalp from the machine then she was driven to hospital.
“When I first saw Stephanie she was very scared. I said '’Dad's here - everything is going to be alright’.”
He said: “I've always instilled that in my kids. I'm their rock, their security. When dad is there, everything is going to be alright.
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“She's in and out of it, she can barely talk.”
The woman’s daughter Angel, 11, is being cared for by other family members as her mother starts the long road to recovery.
Mike Adkins said: “Angel has been crying for her mom. We took her to the hospital but she hasn't be allowed to see Stephanie yet as it's too graphic.
“They have got the most updated medicine and tech in the world.
“I have to give kudos to her doctors and cosmetic surgeon. She's in excellent hands.”
The Adkins family fear that they will not be able to afford the medical care that Stephanie needs and do not know how much is covered by her insurance.
They have set up a crowdfunding page on GoFundMe, where they hope to raise $25,000.
So far, over $1,700 has been donated.
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