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To: Balding_Eagle

"Sore foot, limped for a day or two, but that's it."

Jeez, you are LUCKY!

I got a good one for you. I was leveling some land with a D2 dozer when a bank I was working on gave way. It flipped me out of the seat and I landed right over the track with one hand on the hood and the other hand on the hydraulic arm. I managed to push myself up and throw myself off to the side of the dozer while it was merrily putting off down the hill and out onto the street. I had to run up and use the hitch to jump into the seat and shut it down. I then got off and promptly threw up and fell down. I went home for the rest of the day.


88 posted on 12/29/2005 6:54:07 PM PST by dljordan
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To: dljordan

LOL! We can both laugh about our accidents.

I used to be a farmer, and until I left I just accepted the risks as part of normal life. Looking back from todays vantage point it's funny there weren't more serious accidents.

There are guardian angels all around us, and it's to our good fortune they step in from time to time, or we'd all be cripples.

It's common in these discussions to try and top the next guy. I'll just concede the winning story to you!

Just one more, though. This happened to a friend. He was filling silo, and accidently stepped on the drive pulley of the blower. He said he had a funny feeling in his foot, so he looked down, and was stunned to discover that he was looking directly at the bottom of his work boot, which was still on his foot. His leg had somehow gone AROUND the pulley, and it was still spinning right next to his leg. Somehow, he doesn't remember how, the machine was shut off, and he was rushed to the hospital. Somehow (here's where the angels did their thing) his leg was still attached. It was a long recovery, but he came back 100%. Unbelievable.


90 posted on 12/29/2005 7:15:06 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (God has blessed Republicans with political enemies who have dementia.)
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