McCracken
Logan Can't See This
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2005
Right on my back.
This past Saturday I was up on a ladder cutting down some cable (which will be for sale shortly). The ladder was the warehouse kind that look like stairs. I mounted it in the back of a military trailer that was being pulled by a tractor. My FIL got a little too close to some guy wires and I had the bright idea of cutting it free because we were on a slope and he couldn't back up. Anyway, I'm 15' + in the air and I start my cut. All I remember was the cable popping and I was at the bottom with my legs in the air and the wind knocked out of me. I'm sure there was a better way to address the snag but that's all I could think of because I wanted to get back to the project at hand.
Anyway, this is more of a look at the dumbass thread plus a reminder to think things through before you make the wrong choice. For all my efforts I got a 4 hour tour in the ER along with multiple bruised ribs, a couple good scrapes, a sprained ankle and lots of neck pain. It's been 3 days and I still hurt like a son of a bitch.
Here's the pic of my back. It looks a lot worse now because it's scanned over and turned black, blue, yellow and red.
This past Saturday I was up on a ladder cutting down some cable (which will be for sale shortly). The ladder was the warehouse kind that look like stairs. I mounted it in the back of a military trailer that was being pulled by a tractor. My FIL got a little too close to some guy wires and I had the bright idea of cutting it free because we were on a slope and he couldn't back up. Anyway, I'm 15' + in the air and I start my cut. All I remember was the cable popping and I was at the bottom with my legs in the air and the wind knocked out of me. I'm sure there was a better way to address the snag but that's all I could think of because I wanted to get back to the project at hand.
Anyway, this is more of a look at the dumbass thread plus a reminder to think things through before you make the wrong choice. For all my efforts I got a 4 hour tour in the ER along with multiple bruised ribs, a couple good scrapes, a sprained ankle and lots of neck pain. It's been 3 days and I still hurt like a son of a bitch.
Here's the pic of my back. It looks a lot worse now because it's scanned over and turned black, blue, yellow and red.
were you holding the cable when it was cut and it yanked you down the stairs or did the cutter hit you in the head? either way glad you're OK.............and I can see your mcCracken 
OH MY GOD??!??!? YOU MEAN I COULD HAVE HAD A CONCUSSION ALL THIS TIME????!?!!?
