A WOMAN lost her ear when her skin was pulled from her head "like a tape ripping" after her hair was tangled in a drill.

       Anna Mielewczyk, 25, feared she was going to die when she felt her skin being forced from her head while working at a metal parts company.

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       Anna's skin was pulled from her head "like a tape ripping" after her hair was tangled in a drill Credit: Osbornes Law 6

       The 25-year-old said she used to 'love life' before the horror accident Credit: Osbornes Law

       The 25-year-old was left in agony after being scalped as her ponytail wrapped around a rotating drill in the horror ordeal, a court heard.

       The shocking incident happened on September 10, 2019, at P&D Engineering Ltd in Coventry, West Midlands.

       And as the machine yanked her skin off her scalp she screamed for help - but because of the loud noise, no one heard her shouts.

       Mielewczyk had to undergo surgery nine times - eventually leading to the amputation of her ear.

       She says she feels like a prisoner in her own home - as she'll have to deal with her catastrophic injuries "forever".

       Now, the firm has been fined ￡62,000 after admitting to breaching health and safety guidelines.

       Anna told the Daily Star: “My life has been devastated by what happened to me, yet my employer can get away with a fine of ￡62,000. How is that justice?

       "My boss will carry on with his life, but I will have to deal with the results of the accident forever.

       "I used to love life, was always active but now I feel like I am a prisoner in my own home as I am scared to go out looking like I do.

       “I was working by myself and there was a loud crash from one of the machines and turned my head suddenly.

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       "My hair must have got caught in one of the drills as it started to pull my head quite fiercely.

       "I tried to yank my hair out of the drill by grabbing my ponytail in desperation and panic, but the machine was going so fast there was nothing I could do to resist it.

       "I couldn’t reach the handle to turn it off and started to hear the horrific sound of my skin being ripped from my head, like a tape being pulled away from skin. It is a sound I will never forget.

       “I was screaming for help but there was too much noise from the machines and at that point I thought I was going to die.

       "I thought about how I was never going to see my partner and family again and lost consciousness.”

       Following an investigation, Health and Safety officials found that the rotating parts of the drill were not guarded in accordance with standard industry practice.

       The company's own risk assessment for using the drill said that a guard should be fitted - but they had actually been operating without one for years.

       Ben Posford, Partner and Head of Catastrophic Injury at London law firm Osbornes Law representing Anna, said: “Anna has suffered the most horrific injuries and is lucky to have survived this terrible incident all because her employer did not have the correct health and safety procedures in place.

       "This case should offer a stark warning to all employers to have the correct measures in place to avoid another incident like this ruining anybody else’s lives.

       "My client is understandably upset that her former employer was given such a negligible fine and we will be pursuing them through the courts to get her some semblance of justice.”

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       She says she feels like a prisoner in her own home Credit: Osbornes Law 6

       The firm has been fined ￡62,000 after admitting to breaching health and safety guidelines after the ordeal Credit: Osbornes Law 6

       Anna Mielewczyk, 25, feared she was going to die when she felt her skin being forced from her head Credit: Osbornes Law 6

       She had an operation in which she had her ear removed Credit: Osbornes Law