lavery549@yahoo Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Apart from tripping over a caution wet floor sign 🤣. I tried stopping this guy from falling , big NO NO according to our training , but it was a reflex action . Ended up , ramming my finger into the bedframe & breaking it !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DADDY Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Yup. I got brain damage after being hit by some falling timber 🙄 If I weren't so fat I'd have probably been able to move out of the way 😁 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Broke my back falling off a ladder . My own fault . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipstaff Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Yes, I laughed, coughed and then sneezed. I knew I shouldn't have had that chicken madras the night before. 💩🤣 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spilldig Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I had a nail go through my foot when I worked on the building sites. I jumped down and never noticed it sticking up. Ended up in hospital with a plank of wood still nailed to my foot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo beach Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 On 26/08/2024 at 20:15, hackey lad said: Broke my back falling off a ladder . My own fault . I’ve had a couple of falls from ladders hackey. First time I was building my garage sixteen feet up carrying a breeze block when the ladder slipped. Down I came and my leg bent the aluminium rung on the ladder. I still have the ladder as a reminder and the scar on my shin. Off to hospital and an X-ray. No breaks. How I’ll never know. Second time I didn’t fall as far but dislocated by shoulder. They had to put me under in hospital to get it back. Once I fell through the house roof when a tile latt I was stood on gave way and I was stuck. My wife and boys had to push from beneath to get me out. Only my pride was hurt that time. My nearest escape from prematurely meeting my maker came when I was taking a lorry with my brother in law to Italy to help him move furniture and belongings back to the UK. He was driving over the Brenner Pass and I was taking photos out the open side window. Our vehicle and a lorry travelling in the opposite direction came too close and the side mirrors hit each other. The one on our lorry broke off, flew through the window hitting me on the forehead and landed in the footwell at bro in laws feet. Lorry mirrors are big and heavy. Good job I’ve got a thick skull which also sometimes comes in handy on here!😆 echo.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 1 hour ago, echo beach said: I’ve had a couple of falls from ladders hackey. First time I was building my garage sixteen feet up carrying a breeze block when the ladder slipped. Down I came and my leg bent the aluminium rung on the ladder. I still have the ladder as a reminder and the scar on my shin. Off to hospital and an X-ray. No breaks. How I’ll never know. Second time I didn’t fall as far but dislocated by shoulder. They had to put me under in hospital to get it back. Once I fell through the house roof when a tile latt I was stood on gave way and I was stuck. echo.. I've only performed the "Falling of a Ladder" trick once. I was cleaning the gutters, when the ladder slipped, I fell on some newly dug bit of garden between the house steps. A couple of inches either side, and it could have been half a day out with the undertaker, as Fred would say... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 21 minutes ago, Padders said: I've only performed the "Falling of a Ladder" trick once. I was cleaning the gutters, when the ladder slipped, I fell on some newly dug bit of garden between the house steps. A couple of inches either side, and it could have been half a day out with the undertaker, as Fred would say... Pretty much the same as me Padders . Doing some high work, needed to get to an awkward bit , had to put the ladders at an unsafe angle but seeing as it would only take a few minutes decided to risk it . Ladder kicked out and I dropped bum first on a concrete drive . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 7 minutes ago, hackey lad said: Pretty much the same as me Padders . Doing some high work, needed to get to an awkward bit , had to put the ladders at an unsafe angle but seeing as it would only take a few minutes decided to risk it . Ladder kicked out and I dropped bum first on a concrete drive . What amazed me is the things you think about on your way down, all in a slit second.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 2 minutes ago, Padders said: What amazed me is the things you think about on your way down, all in a slit second.. Seemed like forever and as I knew I was heading for a concrete drive , all I kept saying to myself was protect your head . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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