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Man Suffers Serious Burns to Leg After Vape Battery Explodes in Pocket
The burns left Gavin Sutherland needing multiple skin grafts and airlifted specialist care, while his son raised nearly £7,000 for the charity.
- In February, Gavin Sutherland, a 40-year-old jewellery workshop operator from Orkney, was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after a lithium battery exploded in his pocket, searing his thigh with severe burns.
- While working at his jewellery workshop, Gavin heard a hiss before the battery "went off like a firework," causing heat, smoke, and noise that forced quick-thinking colleagues to rush him to Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall.
- Medical staff at Accident and Emergency treated a finger-length wound one and a half inches wide. "They had me on painkillers pretty quickly, but I could see the severity of the wound as they worked on it," Gavin said.
- Recovering at home, Gavin praised the Charity Air Ambulance crew, saying, "The crew were really reassuring- so professional yet so personal," and credited them with sparing him a difficult mainland journey.
- Following the incident, Gavin's nine-year-old son, Caleb, staged a 20-mile sponsored cycle to support the SCAA, raising nearly £7,000 for the charity serving remote communities like Orkney.
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Man suffers serious burns to leg after vape battery explodes in pocket
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An horrific accidental injury has prompted Orcadian, Gavin Sutherland to be thankful to Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA). Gavin Sutherland thought nothing of having a loose lithium battery in his pocket as he went about his work in the jewellery workshop in Orkney. “I heard a hiss and slight movement in my pocket. Then it […]
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