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06-11-2008, 06:42
Holy cow, Don, glad you are back.
Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Livingston, Montana
83PT40
Livingston, Montana
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On 6/10/2008 at 7:15 PM jim riordan wrote:
>Better falling then fallen on!
>jim riordan
True, but better does not necessarily mean good! On Sunday, before
there had been any discussion here of the cause of Jim's death, I took
an ambulance trip due to a 'Bird maintenance fall, and just got out of
the hospital a couple of hours ago. I'll describe the stupid thing I
was doing, but not so much in the vein of "don't do this" but rather
consider that there are a lot of ways to hurt yourself when working
around a 20+ton vehicle that is nearly 12 feet high. Common sense would
have prevented my injury, and I consider myself to have fairly good
common sense; just easy to let it lapse.
First the injury pictures:
http://www.arcatapet.net/xray/ before.jpg
http://www.arcatapet.net/xray/ after1.jpg
http://www.arcatapet.net/xray/ after2.jpg
What I was doing: replacing the drip line around the top of the bus
after re-caulking. I was on a tall step ladder, positioned parallel to
the bus, and on a stubborn screw I pushed hard with the power
screwdriver to get it to turn. Had the predictable effect of pushing
the ladder right out from under me
The reason that it took them three days to release me is that it was a
compound fracture, with about 4 inches of bone out of the skin. Makes
infection a high risk, so they wanted to keep me pumped full of
antibiotics.
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We call it payback. 6 years ago she tumbled down the steps of our SOB and snapped her right arm just below the shoulder ball. I
suspect her single piece of hardware outweighs mine by quite a bit!
On 6/12/2008 at 12:36 AM bumpersbird wrote:
>Oh yea, don't forget to tell the little woman how much you love
>her. She's probably not a happy camper just about now.
>I hope your not offended by me getting a little personal, it's just
>that I've been there far more than most folks.
>Kurt Horvath
>95 PT-42 WLWB
>10AC
Old people are not supposed to be running up a ladder, but I do also. When I do it I attach the upper part of the ladder with a bungee cord to the base of an awning or the awning hook. Can't do that everywhere, but it reduces the risk some.
Hope the recovery is rapid and glad to here is was not worse.
Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 Royale
Dahlonega, GA
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Don Bradner <"bluethunder@arcatapet.com">Â wrote:We call it payback. 6 years ago she tumbled down the steps of our SOB and snapped her right arm just below the shoulder ball. I suspect her single piece of hardware outweighs mine by quite a bit!