ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SC (WOLO) –When an accident left local volunteer firefighter Casey Bolin with a deeply severed hand, First Responders used a new plant-based gel to stop the bleeding.

A volunteer firefighter with the North Volunteer Fire Department with Orangeburg County Fire District, Casey says he was using a saw to build a wooden swing for Renleigh, his 8-month-old granddaughter, when his life quickly changed.

“The wood hit a knot or something, it happened so quick, I really don’t know what happened,” he says.

The accident left Casey’s hand slashed open, with three broken bones, and four separated tendons.

“It was pretty much hanging off, I had to hold my hand up to put my hand back in place,” he says.

When EMS and fellow firefighters with arrived, Casey says they initially place

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