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While not a machinist, I do most stuff at home solo....cannot get my kids or wife interested in helping , no matter how loud I yell at them.
That bit me about 18 months ago, I was cutting down a 'small' tree to make way for new fence posts on our boundary. Using my 6-foot ali stepladder against the tree, and saw with a small rope, I slipped off the tread, and fell about 4 feet. Not far you say???? On the way down to the ground, I found a previously cut branch, a nail in the old fence post, and the ladder....all with parts of body that didn't need the contact.
Gash in my arm, cuts on my leg, bruise and grazes on my head and face....plus the meanest headache I have had without consuming alcohol first. I think I was out cold for a few seconds.....it was a sunny day, and my kids arrived home from school not long after....I was bleeding and covered in dirt. I managed to fall between the old fence post and the tree....don't know how...it was a tiny gap. Funny now, but at the time, I was not happy to say the least.
That bit me about 18 months ago, I was cutting down a 'small' tree to make way for new fence posts on our boundary. Using my 6-foot ali stepladder against the tree, and saw with a small rope, I slipped off the tread, and fell about 4 feet. Not far you say???? On the way down to the ground, I found a previously cut branch, a nail in the old fence post, and the ladder....all with parts of body that didn't need the contact.
Gash in my arm, cuts on my leg, bruise and grazes on my head and face....plus the meanest headache I have had without consuming alcohol first. I think I was out cold for a few seconds.....it was a sunny day, and my kids arrived home from school not long after....I was bleeding and covered in dirt. I managed to fall between the old fence post and the tree....don't know how...it was a tiny gap. Funny now, but at the time, I was not happy to say the least.