Be careful

Dang it sounds really bad I bet he landed in the emergency room with a 911 call. Hope he feels better soon man thats a rough way to start the year but it could have been worse he could be paralyzed or dead. And they say all we do is drive and sleep.....please.

 

I worked with a guy who was tightening the ratchet on a flatbed. Bar slipped out, smacked him right in the forehead!

He was OK, until he found out if you got hurt at work, you could go home for the day, with pay. Then suddenly, he had headaches, dizzy, etc.....

 

Wow! I am sorry this happened to him. I will pass this on the trucker in my life. This message might prevent someone else having to suffer. Thank you for posting. Hope he heals fast!!

 

I drove a dry van, once while trying to crank down a jammed set of landing gear, the crank handle got away from me smacked me in the face, knocked me out cold. Luckily someone found me lying on the ground and called 911, kept me overnight to check for a concussion. This happened just before sunset Saturday in a 3 day weeekend. If that guy hadnt found me, no telling how long I would have laid there. be careful!

 

fell in a potho;e in alabama and broke my foot.Drove to indianapolis to drop the trailer and went to urgent care that confirmed I broke my foot.they tried to put a boot on but I told them I had to drive to dayton ohio.so I hopped out with boot in my hand and have been off 6 weeks and got 2 more to go,and Im driving everyone nuts.I hate sitting

 

that's one reason I don't do tankers or flatbeds. fell off a flat when the bracing under the pipes broke and me and the load went flying. no real injuries,but makes ya think.

climbing up on the curved top of a wet or ice covered tanker to vent the lids is also not for this old fart anymore.lol

 

I slipped washing the salt off the windows on my truck. I wish it was something like "tightening chains on my supersize heavy load", but no. It was over in Beloit, WI at the Pilot. There was ice on my step I never saw. I slipped, twisted my knee and landed on the ground, my head hitting the pump. And I lay there for a good 15 minutes. It's winter time at a pilot truckstop and I'm laying on the ground and nobody even offered to help. I found out I sprained my MCL. That sucked.

 

I dont really understand this thread. Of course danger;and yes death is around us-ALL OF US- from a newborn one minute old to someone 110 years old every minute of every hour of every single day we are alive. I could give many examples from the drunk and doped up driver to the gun wielding maniac to just plain accidents such as happened to the O.P.'s brother; but nah you should get the idea.

This is not paranoid but realistic. My advice is to be a friend to your friends,and too tell the people you love just that. Don't ask me how I know.