Sorry to hear this, the whole grabbing lumber off a rack on a ladder is risky business - a few months ?back I was on the third step (top one) of one of those lightweight aluminum step stools that have the wide platform at the top but the other 2 steps are narrow, i grabbed an 8/4 x 8¡± x 9¡¯ piece of Walnut of the top rack above my head and before I knew it I was on the floor, couldn¡¯t even move for like what seamed 30 min. I was pretty lucky I didn¡¯t wack my head on my workbench as i just missed it, I fell backwards and my hip landed on a corner of the bandsaw table before I hit the ground. Had my phone but it was on the workbench and I couldn¡¯t get up, seriously thought i was in big trouble as I couldn¡¯t get up. Pretty sure what happened was when I picked up the board it was off center and the inertia from it just flung me off the ladder.?
I think , at least for me who originally started out on their own at 19 did a lot of everything on there own in the beginning, there were no limits if it needed to get done it did now that I am getting older (50+, boo-hoo) I have found that I need to be a bit more careful in what I take on by myself (see above)...
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On Jan 22, 2021, at 6:40 PM, Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq. <rohrabacher@...> wrote:
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yah? weird shit? can happen.
The other day while? manhandling some large 2.5" thick walnut
slabs on the bandsaw? I? lost my balance the room started spinning
I had to let go the lumber and grab something to remain upright.
Turns? out there are little calcium crystals in the inner ear
that can come loose and? out of nowhere you can't balance.? the
room spins and? you are really? disoriented.
There are exercises? one can do to remove the loose crystals and?
get them out from where they fell when they got dislodged ad? then
you are golden again. takes all of a couple minutes. But man? it
gives you absolutely? no warning.? One second everythign is fine
and the next is ain't.
On 1/22/21 9:50 AM, Jason Holtz wrote:
I know most of the folks in this group are hobbyists, and as such
are probably in the shop alone most of the time. Please carry your
phone on your person at all times in case of an accident.
Yesterday in the shop, there were three of us fortunately. I'm
usually aware of my surroundings and am quick to offer help before
someone asks for it. Not yesterday though. I was applying finish,
had my earphones on in my own world. That's when I heard the crash
from across the shop. My shop mate had been on a ladder getting
some wood off of the storage rack. We found him on the floor on
his back, twisted up in a pile of wood and the ladder. He was
unconscious and bleeding badly from the back of his head. Called
911. We got all the wood/ladder moved off of him and I rolled him
to his side and applied pressure to his wound to stop the
bleeding. I kept talking to him and he came to, and was totally
incoherent for a couple minutes. He started to make some sense
after a couple minutes, but had no idea what happened. The
paramedics arrived within 10 minutes. They put a neck brace on him
and got him sitting up for a minute, but he was very nauseous.
They then put him on a gurney and took him out to the ambulance
where they checked him out further. Ended up at HCMC, a level one
trauma center. CT scan showed a brain bleed and skull fractures.
His cognitive test results were good. Hoping for the best. He may
be there a while. I shudder to think about if he would have been
in the shop alone.?
Please check your risk factors. Ask for help when you need it.
Your friends and family want you around.
Jason
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Jason
J. Holtz Furniture
3307 Snelling Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55406
