Rock miner survives 4,160-volt shock to head and embraces his scars
A dad was given a five per cent chance of survival after he was electrocuted by 4,160 volts - and now wears his scars with "pride". John Pendleton, 36, was working as a rock miner on a piece of heavy machinery - which runs off electricity - when the high voltage entered his head. He doesn't remember what happened or why but woke up nine days later from a coma - with third and fourth degree burns to 30 percent of his upper extremities. John had a brain bleed, skull fracture and traumatic brain injury and his wife Tiffany Pendleton, 35, was told he only had a five per cent chance of making it. The dad-of-two had surgeries to remove the burnt skin from his head and seven blood transfusions.