Wallrat Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Ok so here's how my past 2 days have gone... Yesterday at work I opened up a drain on the bottom of an oil reservoir to drain off any water accumulation. While the water was running out I walked away to do a few other things. Sure 'nuff, I forgot all about the damn thing and all the oil drained out onto the ground...about 40 gallons worth. So I spent all of yesterday cleaning that one up. Then there was today... We were hoisting a pump out of a sump using a crane. Its a weird setup so I'll try to explain. Basically a cable is fixed to the pump down in the hole. This cable runs up through a stainless steel plate that covers the hole. When they started lifting the pump, they couldn't get clearance to just let the cover slide down the cable due to obstructions in the area. So they rotated the cover 90 degrees and tied it off to the cable using the weight of the pump to hold it. Everything was fine until I stepped in to help guide the pump to solid ground. Once the weight was removed from the cable that 60-70 pound plate came sliding down and grazed me on the back of my skull . Luckily it barely tagged me and I escaped with only a 9-staple gash in the back of my head...and a stack of paperwork. But really if it had been a few inches closer it would've sliced my head in half. So I'm off to buy my lottery ticket now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb67rs1 Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 man sorry to hear about that, but im glad to hear you are ok. my dad had something similar happen. a crane dropped an I beam and it grazed his shoulder, it ended up crushing his shoulder bone and they replaced it with a still one. anyways it just barely touch him. well enough about my dad, glad to hear you are ok, post some pics of the staples, you can tell everyone they are banshee war wombs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee04le Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Ouch. Glad your still with us. One of our drivers at work was having one of them days today. I heard a big crash and walked back to find that the boob had just backed the truck into the garage door (it was not up all the way) and knocked it off track. Well come to find out, he had JUST come from our other wharehouse, where he had JUST done the same damn thing!!! He hasn't been around too long and I don't think he is going to be around too long . war wombs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locogato11283 Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 sounds like a shitty day. i commonly have bad days such as that. im always gettin stitches or something somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brugal Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 That SUCKS ASS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmatt Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Damn Wallrat, you need to start wearing your helmet at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallrat Posted March 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Here ya go: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee76179 Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 OUCH DAMMIT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee04le Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Holy chit! Looks like one of your coworkers stapled that up for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallrat Posted March 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Ya talk about quality healthcare! I even told him I had insurance!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtreads Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 so okay we want to see a larger picture of your avitar. no ... really . I think your nurse/doctor needs glasses and a 12 step program - I could have done a better job of stitching with a fish bone and bailing wire in the dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 sweet !! come over so i can throw magnets from the fridge at you to see if they stick just glad to hear your ok man. ill talk to you later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 glad you ok. that was too close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoin39 Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 While we are talking about bad days at work, I had one monday, which was my Bday! I do heat treating at an aluminum plant, the water tank is about 15Wx115'deep and the furnace is directly above that at the same dimensions. Anyway, I was dropping a load (metal out of furnace into water) and the frickin cables snapped! It comes out about 60 feet per sec. and stops as soon as the metal is submerged completely, well this time it didn't! So they had to bring divers in to rehook it after the cables were fixed. Oh, this happened on 6 helicopter blades that are about $18-20,000 a piece! I am fairly new at this particular job so everyone thought I f@$#ed it up. Thank god it was an equipment failure. Not near as dramatic as staples to the head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcaf29 Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Man, i'm glad your ok cause that coulda been bad. On a lighter note I was just cracking up at that picture. I was picturing some guy with a staple gun coming up to you right after it happened and stapling your head while saying, "all set back to work!" Hope you didn't pay for those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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