A Scots farmer feared he had broken his back after being pinned to a concrete floor by a two tonne cattle feeder which fell on top of him.
Graeme MacLeod was clearing slurry after putting the cows out to pasture at the Scottish Borders farm in May when the freak accident happened.
The 48-year-old noticed the equipment beginning to topple and tried to leap out of the way to stop it from hitting him on the head.
But the weighty feeder struck him on the chest and legs - leaving him trapped in agony on the cold, wet ground.He called his partner from her work to try to free him but he was terrified he had suffered a life-changing injury after being left unable to move.
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