Ever tell somebody to be careful then do the same thing that you warned them not to? My son and I were on the barn roof this morning nailing some loose steel back down. I told him to be careful not to step on those old fiberglass skylite panels. So what did I do? Backed right up onto one. Fell straight down,took a 2x4 with me when that broke on my way down. Cut the living crap out of my arms and wrists. Luckily I missed all the major veins,but they look pretty ugly. Jamed my left shoulder when I landed. Dropped about 10 feet. Good darned thing I don't care about my animals and there was a pretty good soft manure pack to land in or I'd be broken up a whole lot more than I am. I don't heal as fast as I used to.
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- Thread starter rrlund
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Make sure that you have those wounds cleaned reallllll well, or you could end up with some nasty infections.
Friend of mine just was put in the hospital yesterday, some kind of viral infection, blood pressure dropped to 67 over 43 and all his organs were shutting down he went septic and they gave him some drug he was allergic to but did not know and it went even lower got him back up to about 100 over 60 but they still have not got results back from his blood test. he is only 59.
Friend of mine just was put in the hospital yesterday, some kind of viral infection, blood pressure dropped to 67 over 43 and all his organs were shutting down he went septic and they gave him some drug he was allergic to but did not know and it went even lower got him back up to about 100 over 60 but they still have not got results back from his blood test. he is only 59.
That's exactly what I told him. Teaching by example. I think he heard me after he stopped laughing and got out his camera phone,took my picture and sent it to his brother. I thought at first that he was concerned when he told me not to move and don't try to get up. He just wanted me to stay there until he got a good picture.
Yea,my wife's a nurse. She cleaned me up. Washed everything out with betadine. Has me bandaged up like a mummy. She's already recleaned them and changed the bandages once. Nobody volunteered to grind feed for me though. Oh well,that shoveling limbered that shoulder up anyway.
Anonymous-0
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Lucky!Carpenter friend of mine died doing that.
steveormary
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rr, also,rember that they warn you not to ride in a loader bucket. Well,I got dumped out of one when it was up about 6'. Landed on a concrete floor in a loafing shed. However,it was
cushioned by cow potty but I still injured my back. Still causes alot of pain.
So ya'all be careful out there.
steveormary
cushioned by cow potty but I still injured my back. Still causes alot of pain.
So ya'all be careful out there.
steveormary
GeneMO
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Man are you gonna be sore tomorrow!!! Or the next day!
Glad you are OK.
I already have alot of joint issues, and am only 54. From what you describe, that woulda killed me.
Gene
Glad you are OK.
I already have alot of joint issues, and am only 54. From what you describe, that woulda killed me.
Gene
Paul from MI
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Did the same kind of thing putting cupolas on my barn roof. Told my oldest "Be careful where you step, those old fiberglas panels are brittle". Guess where he stepped next? Fortunately no major ouchies and I had enough steel siding left over to fix it. That boy is 42 and he don't listen any better than he did when he was 13. Anyway, hope you get to feeling better soon.
Paul
Paul
Dave from MN
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hope you heal well and fast.
Walterdavies
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You are lucky it wasn't my barn its over 20' at the top about 12 at the eaves. and hard dirt floor to land on. That reminds me my wife told me to stay off of the barn roof.
Walt
Walt
Glad that's all you got out of it, better to be banged up than the other option. About 10 years when we were tearing the old barn down I fell through the floor and hit the concrete below. Only fell about 8-9 feet but was off work for a few days, just too stiff to move, and I was only 25 at the time. Better thank the Big Guy above at bedtime tonight!
730 virgil
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man i went to school with and his son were roofing a barn dad told jr. to be careful as one part of roof was very weak and he might go through it.
son didn't pay attention and fall 30 to 40 feet
paralyzed from waist down.
mom later divorced dad as it was somehow dad's fault that son fall through the roof.
son didn't pay attention and fall 30 to 40 feet
paralyzed from waist down.
mom later divorced dad as it was somehow dad's fault that son fall through the roof.
I went off some scaffolding about 5 years ago. I landed on my hip with a nail pouch full of nails on that side. Cracked my pelvis pretty bad and tore my shoulder up. The doctor sent xrays to Rochester to see if they could pin the pelvis but they said they wouldn't touch it. The local doc ended up putting a pin through my knee and hanging weights from it to relieve any pull on the muscles in my leg while the bones healed where they were. Was down in bed like that for 3 weeks and then I had to learn to walk again. Took about 4 months to get half ways back to normal and then they operated on my shoulder. Was a long summer but every thing seems to work good now. You were lucky but i bet that shoulder suffered more than you think.
Twenty-five years ago I was changing the light bulb in the pole light on the back of our bank barn. I had locked the steers out of the yard. cleaned the lot. Then set my 40 ft. ladder up all of the way out. I had just completed the bulb change, still up the ladder, when I heard my Grand father cussing up a storm about some dumb XXX locking the cattle up. He opened the gate and hundred steers charged around the barn. When they hit the ladder I was lucky that it slide straight out. I landed on several steers and they kind of broke my fall. Needless to say I had a discussion with my Grand father about who the " dumb XXX" really was.
Mark - IN.
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You're lucky. I guess we've all done something like that. Some folks fair well, and some, well. You got lucky so count your blessings.
That reminds me though of years back when I had a ranch house that I was about to sell. Paid a friend to re-roof it on the side. He did exellent work for cheap, but hired a couple of drunks to do the tearoff, one being his brother. About lunch time, I'm in the area so stop by to see how the tearoff is going. I drive up and see my buddy's brother walking around the front of the house, he sees me, I yell "How's it going" and he ignores me, walks in the front door and slams it shuts behind him. Hmm...didn't say Hi or nothing. I figured he must've had to use the bathroom real bad not to say Hi or nothing. I walk in the house and there's his drinking buddy lying flat on his back in the living room right where he fell through the ceiling after he stepped off of the rafters. Oh no!!! I thought call an ambulance, but he got up and shook it off and walked outside, got on his bicycle and rode off. I guess being tanked up relaxed him so he didn't reach out to break his fall. Put a real big hole in the ceiling though. Never saw that guy again. My buddy fired him and his brother. Turns out the one that went through my ceiling was off of work on disability and was suing the company he worked for. He didn't sue me though.
You're lucky.
Mark
That reminds me though of years back when I had a ranch house that I was about to sell. Paid a friend to re-roof it on the side. He did exellent work for cheap, but hired a couple of drunks to do the tearoff, one being his brother. About lunch time, I'm in the area so stop by to see how the tearoff is going. I drive up and see my buddy's brother walking around the front of the house, he sees me, I yell "How's it going" and he ignores me, walks in the front door and slams it shuts behind him. Hmm...didn't say Hi or nothing. I figured he must've had to use the bathroom real bad not to say Hi or nothing. I walk in the house and there's his drinking buddy lying flat on his back in the living room right where he fell through the ceiling after he stepped off of the rafters. Oh no!!! I thought call an ambulance, but he got up and shook it off and walked outside, got on his bicycle and rode off. I guess being tanked up relaxed him so he didn't reach out to break his fall. Put a real big hole in the ceiling though. Never saw that guy again. My buddy fired him and his brother. Turns out the one that went through my ceiling was off of work on disability and was suing the company he worked for. He didn't sue me though.
You're lucky.
Mark
TomH in PA
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I got a good warning a couple of years ago. Was painting the roof of a shed, didn't feel like carrying the five gallon bucket up the ladder so I put it in the loader bucket and lifted it up. Loader had lifted lots of things much, much heavier than a five gallon bucket of roof paint, but this time a hose blew and dropped the bucket real fast. Anyone on or under that bucket would've been in big trouble.
Billy Shafer
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Is this the same as do as I say. Not as I do. Walked off of an army wrecker one time. Seven feet down and I was sore for a week.
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