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Actor Boris Shcherbakov loses part of a finger in workshop accident
Actor Boris Shcherbakov lost part of a finger while working with a circular saw.
The accident happened as he was making wooden furniture, a hobby he has pursued at home.
He went to hospital without telling his wife, actress and writer Tatyana Bronzova.
She discovered the severed part on his workbench and said the sight made her faint.
Shcherbakov said he did not want to make a drama of the injury and recalled seeing a safety warning about circular saws at the hospital.
The accident shows the danger of woodworking machinery, even for someone used to the work.
No further treatment or recovery details were given.
Actor Boris Shcherbakov lost part of a finger while working with a circular saw.
He said the injury happened during his woodworking hobby and that he went to a trauma clinic.
His wife, actress and writer Tatyana Bronzova, said she found the severed part on a workbench after he had left.
Shcherbakov said he did not want to dramatize the accident.
Reports give different ages for Shcherbakov: 76 and 81.
- Who
- Actor Boris Shcherbakov was injured; his wife, Tatyana Bronzova, described finding the severed part.
- What
- He lost a finger joint while working with a circular saw.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- At his woodworking workbench; the articles do not state its location.
- Why
- The injury occurred while he was doing woodworking with a circular saw.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Shcherbakov was making furniture and other wooden items as a hobby.
He went to a trauma clinic without telling his wife.
Bronzova found the severed part on the workbench.
- Injury
- Lost part of a finger
- Tool
- Circular saw
- Wife
- Tatyana Bronzova
- Medical care
- Went to a trauma clinic
- Age reported
- 76 in StarHit and Кино Mail; 81 in muz-tv.ru
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What people are saying
Зачем об этом говорить?.. Ну что, полпальца мне отрезало. Это обычное дело для человека, который занимается столярным делом
Я впервые потеряла сознание, когда увидела, что отрезанный палец лежит на верстаке.