An Australian construction worker is lucky to be alive after an industrial accident left a 1 meter piece of steel bar embedded in his forehead.<br /><br />The 19-year old was using an excavator, with the front of the cab open, to break up concrete blocks on a building site in Lindfield, Sydney when tragedy struck.<br /><br />A piece of reinforcement steel from one of the blocks he was crushing suddenly shot up and embedded itself squarely in his forehead.<br /><br />After responding to his calls for help shocked colleagues called emergency services.<br /><br />Emergency workers then removed the controls and levers from the front of the excavator before extracting the man through the front window of the cab - all while as the conscious man held the steel rod in place.<br /><br />He was taken to a local hospital with the rod embedded 6cm into his forehead where he is currently in a stable condition.<br /><br />Australian work safety authorities have said they will launch an investigation into the incident, but it appears to have been a freak accident.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world. <br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS
