A construction worker recently recounted a shocking and harrowing experience on how he had to amputate his hand after an accident with a concrete mixer.

According to him, while cleaning the machine after work, he accidentally inserted his hand into the mixer, which began grinding and severing his fingers.

In a panic, fearing for his life, he used his phone to take pictures before a security guard attempted to help, but inadvertently made the situation worse.

Speaking on a recent episode of the Day Show on TV3, he narrated how the mixer began grinding and severing his hand, forcing him to make the desperate decision to amputate his own hand at the elbow joint to escape the excruciating pain and prevent further injury. "We were using the concrete mixer, so after work, we had to wash the concrete mixer.