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ericlb · May 31, 2014

i was placing a 200 lb pound chunk of iron on my box blade which i use to give it some bite when i scrape the road,didnt have any help here to pick it up, and it slid off and onto my foot, i dont think saying that hurt adaquatly describes what i was feeling, spent 6 hours in the towns er, lots of stitches as the bottom of the foot and toes are split open dont know why it split the bottom, as the iron hit the top! broke at least 2 maybe 3 toes, supposed to stay off it, nice as the town dont have any place to buy crutches,i checked all of the usual places, i may know of a pair in a old cabin i take care of, at least i think i saw a pair there lol i'll see today

Donald Lehman · May 31, 2014

Just thinking about that makes me hurt! YIKES!!!!!

SweetFeet · May 31, 2014

Oh, my gosh! Take care... you better take it easy.

jackbrit3 · May 31, 2014

A driver that delivers to us dropped a bobcat bucket on the bridge of his foot. Made a real mess (crushed it) tried for a while to save it. In the end it was lost. Some one mentioned later at another hospital that maybe the Hyperbaric chamber would of helped it to heal better.

Cas · May 31, 2014

Good god I can not imagine the pain. What are you doing for the pain it must hurt a lot.
Years ago I crushed and snapped one toe. Being a big baby took my share of codeine for a month.

fixerupper · May 31, 2014

My foot started hurting more the farther I got into your post. Makes my ingrown seem like a mosquito bite. Jim

ShadetreeRet · May 31, 2014

ericlb, I sure hate to hear that! There are times when we all take chances, sometimes we win, others get painful. Five years ago I picked up a battery to put it in the trunk of my daughter's car. I picked it up by the strap with both hands, but in order to get it where I wanted, I let to with my right hand and turned it with my left as I set it down. Stripped the rotor cuff! Brought me to my knees! Operation to repair, weeks of therapy and only 90% use back. Wouldn't want to do it again. I sincerely hope you recover without complications.

El Toro · May 31, 2014

That's why we were required to wear safety boots at work since we had to man handle heavy tow bars when conducting drawbar & cooling tests on military vehicles. Hal

37chief · May 31, 2014

That's just not good at all. Hope you have a good supply of pain pills. Stan

sd pete · May 31, 2014

Youch! Uffda and other words.

John B. · May 31, 2014

Ericb,
Sorry if any of these pictures upsets anyone. I just don't want to think Ericb is alone with his foot trouble.
I hope all turns out good for you. Stay off of it if all possible. The doctor told me once that having a scar on the bottom of your foot is the worst spot to have a scar since we walk on it all the time. But sometimes with accidents it's not possible not to have one there. I had four surgeries on my right foot almost two years ago. The doctor said I could expect swelling for up to a year later. It was noticably purple-red colored especially when I took a shower. Had a major setback when one of the 3 screws broke. Was off work 5 months. Not fun.

Steve A W · May 31, 2014

Are there any YTers near Eric that could help Him with crutches?

Tramway Guy · May 31, 2014

Try craigslist for used crutches?

Dan T in MO · May 31, 2014

When I was in the Navy, we were in port in the United Arab Emirates. Somehow, a very heavy piece of equipment rolled over my foot. It missed the steel toes but somehow found a flesh and bone toe (left little pinky toe). The corpsman came to me and checked it over. Next thing I know, the corpsman and I were in the duty van driving across the dessert to the nearest US Navy ship with an X-ray machine over in another U.A.E. port. X-rays were inconclusive, doc said he couldn't tell if it was broke or just a soft tissue injury. So he treated it as if it were broke. I asked him how the treatment would be different if it wasn't broke. He said it would be the same treatment. Ace bandage, Ice and light duty chit. I bit my tongue, but figured there was a place to cut the budget in there somewhere.

Bob M · May 31, 2014

Owwww.....

For crutches, try your local volunteer fire dept. Most FD's around here maintain a "community closet" to loan crutches, wheelchairs, etc. to residents in temporary situation like you.

bingo · May 31, 2014

Sorry, know that had to hurt some kind of bad and will hurt everytime your heart beats for a while, Good luck with the pain meds. We have so many "dope" heads around here now and dope pushers going to Drs. and getting pain pills and selling them on the street Drs. don't give them out unless they really know you!!

EricInSEI · May 31, 2014

Locally the Lions Club loans crutches, wheelchairs, and other medical devices.

Anonymous-0 · May 31, 2014

Steel toes aren't always the answer. Knew a guy that had to have 3 or 4 toes amputated because the steel toe crushed his toes. I didn't feel that bad for him because it was his own fault. He was the 2nd assistant at a golf course and was climbing on the tree spade to hold the branches out of the way while it was working. I think the operator was on the other side and didn't see him. An 88" tree spade has an awful lot of force... and you can't fix stupid!

T in NE · Jun 1, 2014

In that case a brain or at least better communication would have been the only answers.
Safety third- ultimately, it"s you who is responsible for your safety- not some beareaucrat 1,000 miles away or some "safety expert" who doesn"t have the sense to realize it there"s nothing overhead within 1,000 yards having your hardhat on isn"t going to make much difference.

JML755 · Jun 1, 2014

I always wear steel toed boots. But there is a funny story about them: 40+ years ago, I worked road construction while in college, mostly running a jackhammer prepping roads for new asphalt. We had no hard-hats, safety glasses, ear protection or steel-toed boots. Some guys even wore tennis shoes. When running the jackhammers (90 lbs) we'd brace the blades with our toes to start them where we wanted to and curl our toes in our shoes/boots in case the jackhammers bounced back, which they often did. Well, they made us add all the safety stuff, including steel toed boot. In the first couple of days, a buddy's hard hat was jiggling around and he tried to hold it on his head with one hand and the jackhammer hit the steel toes and bounced back onto his instep and broke his foot before he knew it. Some went back to regular toed boots. Most of us "lost" our hard hats. We never could figure out what could fall out of the sky and hit us in the head while working on a road.

BarryfromIA · Jun 1, 2014

Check your American Legion post or VFW. Some these organizations have used sick room equipment to loan out.

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