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Date Posted: 05:54:54 07/17/09 Fri
Author: Jeffman
Subject: Re: Well, he's lucky to be alive
In reply to: Paul Davis 's message, "Well, he's lucky to be alive" on 19:56:52 07/16/09 Thu

Agreed.... and that should be a nice lesson for him. You cant get complacent around heavy equipment. Checking those pins should be something that is done every time! Its kind of like walking up to a horse thats saddled. I dont care who saddled that horse for you, always be sure its cinched tight or you will get hurt. People that ride know this and you wont see them getting on without checking the saddle first.

>That was a pretty narrow escape. He needs to take it
>easy till he heals up.
>
>
>>Two of our sons have been remodeling a multi-million
>>dollar assisted living facilities for the past year.
>>Yesterday, the youngest son hopped onto a fork lift to
>>remove debris from a wall they had knocked down. The
>>problems began when he forgot to lock down the pin on
>>the forks.
>>
>>As he started to move it forward, the fork flew off,
>>grazing his head, knocked him off the lift and then
>>hit his foot. Anyone with knowledge of a fork lift
>>knows those forks weigh 800-1,000 pounds. He was
>>rushed to the nearest hospital ER. Sutures in his
>>head and then x-rays on his foot--two broken bones on
>>the side of his arch.
>>
>>After a restless night, little sleep he got up, forgot
>>he had a broken foot, tripped over a chair and fell.
>>Deciding he's had enough, he went to our local
>>hospital ER. The first one prescribed Vicoden which
>>he's allergic to.
>>
>>Our hospital decided to do c-scans because of intense
>>swelling and discoloration. That showed one clean
>>break, three fractures plus bone chips. Where the
>>first hospital put on a half foot immobilizer, he now
>>has a moldable cast up to his knee and he'll see an
>>orthopedic surgeon Monday when the swelling should be
>>diminished and he'll get an old fashioned cast.
>>That's a relief to me since he has a habit of taking
>>off the immobilizer.
>>
>>It's finally sunk in how close he came to being
>>killed. Sometimes one needs to be reminded!

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