Sickening moment pond worker almost decapitated by 28-stone glass panel that fell on his face

Terrifying footage shows Carl Drennan, 36, kneeling a fewer inches distant from the 1.5in-thick solid erstwhile it tips retired of its framework and towards him successful beforehand of his horrified customer

A pond guru's tutorial video connected however to execute installations safely almost went horrifyingly wrong erstwhile a 28-stone solid sheet "nearly beheaded him similar successful a country from The Omen."

Carl Drennan, 36, was signaling himself fitting a viewing model for a lawsuit successful Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, connected October erstwhile "complacency astir killed him." Terrifying footage shows the antheral kneeling a fewer inches distant from the 1.5in-thick solid erstwhile it tips retired of its framework and towards him.

Despite his lawsuit shouting "look out", the 28-stone value crashes into his look and thrusts him backwards until it slams down onto his thigh and twisted leg. Thankfully, Carl was capable to propulsion the £1,500 solid disconnected himself earlier his customer, who was chatting to him erstwhile it fell, grabbed it and checked that helium was okay.

He escaped with conscionable a swollen ankle and a chopped chemoreceptor - which helium was pleased wasn't breached due to the fact that helium has already had 2 chemoreceptor jobs to hole a erstwhile break. The "lucky" concern owner, who has been moving CWD Pond for 5 years, has admitted his mistake was forgetting to re-add immoderate of the panel's clamps aft applying sealant. His steadfast teaches radical to instal their ain ponds and sells the materials to bash it, truthful this clip was planned to exemplify however to acceptable solid panels correctly and safely.

Carl has since claimed helium was "one ft distant from being beheaded similar a country from The Omen" - a notoriously grisly infinitesimal successful which a solid pane falls from a motortruck and decapitates 1 of the fearfulness film's characters. He posted the video to TikTok connected November 1, wherever it has been viewed by much than 200,000 shocked users.

The pond worker, from Sandbach, Cheshire, said: "I could person been decapitated similar a country from the Omen. I've astir apt done it hundreds if not a 1000 times truthful you conscionable don't respect the information astatine times. It benignant of humbled maine due to the fact that I've got a kid present and if I stood a ft further backmost oregon lower, it could person travel down connected my cervix and killed maine easily.

"When I pushed the bottommost of the solid in, the apical came retired and that caused it to autumn truthful earlier I knew it I was connected the floor. The solid is worthy £1,500 truthful my archetypal thought was if I'd smashed it I wasn't successful symptom due to the fact that I was successful daze I could consciousness humor dripping down my chemoreceptor beauteous overmuch consecutive distant past the lawsuit was looking astatine maine successful horror.

"I've breached my chemoreceptor earlier and had 2 chemoreceptor jobs to hole it truthful I was disquieted it had gone each wonky again. Not putting the clamps backmost connected was the mistake and that was either caused by complacency oregon talking to the customer.

"I couldn't bring myself to ticker it connected the mode location but erstwhile I did I felt truthful fortunate due to the fact that it could person been a batch worse. I ne'er thought to delete the video due to the fact that it's bully to amusement radical it is simply a unsafe job, enactment the clamps backmost connected and person a fewer much radical than you request to assistance you.

"I've ne'er heard of this happening earlier and I'm gladsome it wasn't idiosyncratic who works for me. It's my mistake. Lots of radical person said 'why did you bash that?' and I've thought that myself truthful I can't blasted them."

Carl insists helium plans to bash a afloat hazard appraisal of the incidental to debar the aforesaid happening happening again. The dad-of-one says helium waited for 10 minutes to fto the daze dice down and astatine the extremity of the time a workfellow drove location due to the fact that his close ankle had swollen excessively much.

He claims helium did a archetypal assistance people the time earlier truthful decided helium didn't request to question aesculapian attraction aft the incident. The concern proprietor says helium is gladsome the lawsuit wasn't quicker to assistance arsenic helium could person fallen connected apical of the solid and made things worse.

He captioned his TikTok 'complacency kills' and it's been liked much than 680 times. The station said: "180kg model being stopped by my face. Complacency kills. Here's what happens erstwhile you hide a elemental happening similar replacing clamps connected the 39mm heavy glass.

"Pushing the bottommost of the solid caused it to popular retired astatine the top, past clang into my head. I'm gladsome it wasn't idiosyncratic else. It was a adjacent telephone that could easy person been avoided and preventing this volition beryllium a main constituent successful immoderate model installation videos successful future. Luckily it's much embarrassing than wounded but a fewer feet further backmost and it could person been a antithetic story."

One idiosyncratic commented: "If determination is thing stronger than that solid it's this fellas breadstuff handbasket took it similar a champ." Another said: "Wow, I stake that hurt." Chris replied: "Yeah conscionable a bit. I won't beryllium doing that again!" A 3rd added: "At slightest it ne'er smashed! Landed connected thing soft."