Man hit in neck with chainsaw in Kinross-shire farm accident

A man was treated in hospital after being hit in the neck by a chainsaw.

It is understood that the 40-year-old man, whose identity is unknown, was injured on a farm in the rural Kinross area.

Paramedics rushed to the scene and worked to stem the flow of blood before taking him to hospital in Larbert. The man survived the incident and is understood to have left hospital.

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: “We responded to a patient with an injury to his throat and they were transported by ambulance to Forth Valley Royal Hospital.”

A spokeswoman for Forth Valley NHS confirmed the man was no longer a patient.

Each year in the UK there are around 120 serious injuries in chainsaw-related incidents, according to the Health and Safety Executive, with 13 fatalities between 1996 and 2008.