Chinese girl falls into mixing machine's moving blades at father's work

Terrified: The little girl's leg is jammed firmly at the bottom after she fell into machinery at her father's work in Longyan, Fujian Province, China

A two-year-old Chinese girl had incredibly lucky escape when she became caught in the blades of an industrial mixing machine.

The terrified youngster had been staring into the animal feed machine's moving parts at her father's work when she fell in and screamed.

Quick-thinking workers managed to turn it off after she disappeared and and then found the girl trapped in an awkward position.

Firefighters were called and spent 40 minutes cutting her free at the factory in Longyan, Fujian Province.

Rescue effort: Firefighters begin their 40-minute operation to save the girl but it proved trickier than at first glance

Sparks: A circular saw is used to remove blades as the child is covered with cloths to protect her

Her father Qiu Qinglin said: 'She was playing by herself around the stirrer machine. I saw her bend over on the edge of the machine, looking down to see the stirring blades working.'

Firefighter Liu Xiaodong said: 'When we were electrically cutting the machine up we had to cover the little girl with cloth as the scene may have terrified her.'

Once free the youngster was rushed to hospital where it was discovered that she had suffered a broken leg. - dailymail.co.uk

Precarious: The girl's lucky escape is illustrated by how close she is to the mixing machine's blades

Safe at last: Qiu Qinglin carries his two-year-old daughter to an ambulance after she is freed from the industrial mixer