We are far too into H&S in the UK

[tyred]

Oh golly some of these are priceless.

Should we out on the road balancing on two wheels ?


Are we safe to be let out ?

Get yourself some stabilisers. Then you can't fall over

 

[rh100]

I once sawed through an armoured cable, whilst several meters in the air. It was live though. I needed a new hacksaw blade - and underpants.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

This thread is hilarious

My own attempts to win a Darwin Award are as follows:-

I once went into the garden in my slippers to give the Aged P a message and tripped and fell on top of the rotating blades of the electric cylinder mower he was using. Quite a bit of pain. Quite a bit of claret. and I forgot to give him the message.

A mate, during horseplay, accidentally on purpose nail gunned my hand to a pallet. Then, to see if it hurt as much as I was making out or not, he did the same to himself. Not fun as it was a night shift, pre mobile phone days, and the landline was at the other end of the warehouse. 30 mins later we were no longer friends but we were still attached to a heavy wooden object. We spent a few hours that way too at A&E

 

[longers]

Then, to see if it hurt as much as I was making out or not, he did the same to himself.

I'll be smiling at that all day now. He reminds me of someone I know, I am he is much more sensible now.

 

[Cubist]

This thread is hilarious


A mate, during horseplay, accidentally on purpose nail gunned my hand to a pallet. Then, to see if it hurt as much as I was making out or not, he did the same to himself. Not fun as it was a night shift, pre mobile phone days, and the landline was at the other end of the warehouse. 30 mins later we were no longer friends but we were still attached to a heavy wooden object. We spent a few hours that way too at A&E

 

[661-Pete]

Sounds like we have some wannabe Krystof Azninski*s here...

*aka "Krzysztof Azninski"

 

[Wheeledweenie]

Two joyful incidents from me:

I remain the only recorded person to have fallen over in a work shower when I missed the non-slip mat. I took out the towel rail on my way down. Ended up sprawled naked on the floor praying that I wasn't injured so I wouldn't have to call for help. Was ok but had only got out because it wasn't working. Threw on some clothes limped to the next shower and then, when clean, reported the broken towel rail.

Health and Safety went NUTS. A first aider was sent up, ice was brought from the kitchen for my rapidly swelling knee and, in front of giggling colleagues, I had to describe the incident about four times.

The other classic has to be the canal incident. Someone put piece of planking over the towpath for an April Fool. On a blind bend.

I went in bodily and had to pull myself out. Saved the bike so I cycled home to get showered and changed. But my boss was a little dubious when I rang to say I'd be late because I was having a tetanus jab after falling in a canal.

I'll never live that down.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I was once removing the straps securing my load to a flatbed trailer in a yard near Walsall. This involves undoing the ratchet, then walking backwards with the strap to pull it off the load, coiling it up as you go. This works well if someone hasn't removed the manhole cover directly behind you.

 

[tyred]

While working on a combine harvester with a mate, we were trying to remove a large shaft which runs from one side to the other (pulleys both sides) to replace the bearings it runs on. It was tight. I picked up a 14lb sledge hammer and hit it. It didn't move. I hit it harder and it shot through and I heard a scream. Unknown to me, my mate had wandered around to the other side to see if it was moving and it had shot out and hit him in a a very painful place. B)

On hindsight, it could have done an injury as this is about three inches in diameter, made from steel and very heavy and I had hit it very hard.