Lucky escape.
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Post 680799 by stribo on 2014-01-16 12:06:31
I was banking a lorry unloading packs of block paving blocks at work today, as I walked behind a pack that had been unloaded, the pallet tipped up, and the blocks fell towards me, I managed to move quick enough to get my body out of the way, unfortunately, they caught my arm and hand trapping them. I was pinned for a couple of minutes, before I was freed by someone who luckily was close by. Just been up the hospital, and after being x-rayed, been told I have a fractured metacarpel. If I hadn't have moved as quick as I had, I would have been trapped under a ton and a half of blocks, which would have done a lot more damage, probably even killed me, so a sore hand is quite a let off.
Obviously the photo of my injury isn't up to the standards of Graeme Welch's, but this shouldn't put you off your lunch.;)
Luckily I always wear gloves at work so superficial damage isn't too bad, just soft tissue, the fracture is under where my hand is cut.
Post 680801 by stephenevans99 on 2014-01-16 12:09:33
Clean your nails you dirty tart :)
Lucky escape mate.
ps....bet it took ages typing that lot out with one hand lol
Post 680802 by stribo on 2014-01-16 12:10:16
Luckily I'm right handed. :)
Post 680803 by stephenevans99 on 2014-01-16 12:15:22
Wanna borrow my gaytronic for a few weeks?
Post 680804 by stribo on 2014-01-16 12:19:54
Haha, no managed to drive myself home, it was painful changing gear though.
Post 680806 by V70 Graham on 2014-01-16 12:25:34
Lucky escape 'sicknote' I mean Steve.....bet you got a bit of a fright too.
When I had the same injury a few years back the hospital put my hand in a cast, guess you got away with that.
http://orthopedics.about.com/od/handwristfractures/a/hand.htm
Post 680808 by jamesy12345 on 2014-01-16 12:30:53
Ouch! Glad you are a quick mover
Post 680809 by M-R-P on 2014-01-16 12:31:54
Lucky man.
How does the H&S witch-hunt work when you're self employed? is there a case against whoever stacked/positioned the pallet? Was the area suitable for stacking the load? was it all stacked correctly etc. etc.
Glad you're ok mate.
Post 680810 by partsforvolvos.com on 2014-01-16 12:40:24
wow, good job u were alert and moved quickly.
use it as an excuse a lot at home, don't miss the chance to be pampered :wink:
Post 680813 by Kingsford G on 2014-01-16 12:48:42
Pays to be skinny mate,that is a lucky escape.Thats your gear shifting hand so frankie might win this year.Fracture is a painfull thing mate,injured my wrist twice.Hope u get over soon.
Post 680815 by stribo on 2014-01-16 13:03:53
[QUOTE=V70 Graham;680806]Lucky escape 'sicknote' I mean Steve.....bet you got a bit of a fright too.
When I had the same injury a few years back the hospital put my hand in a cast, guess you got away with that.
http://orthopedics.about.com/od/handwristfractures/a/hand.htm[/QUOTE]
I have to go back to the fracture clinic tomorrow, so they may cast it then.
[QUOTE=M-R-P;680809]Lucky man.
How does the H&S witch-hunt work when you're self employed? is there a case against whoever stacked/positioned the pallet? Was the area suitable for stacking the load? was it all stacked correctly etc. etc.
Glad you're ok mate.[/QUOTE]
There's no case against the person that positioned the pallet as it was me. lol. I didn't have chance to see if the top pack was stacked directly above the bottom pack, but as it toppled off I'm guessing it wasn't. It's all gone in the accident book, I don't know if they're going to RIDDOR it.
[QUOTE=Kingsford G;680813]Pays to be skinny mate,that is a lucky escape.Thats your gear shifting hand so frankie might win this year.Fracture is a painfull thing mate,injured my wrist twice.Hope u get over soon.[/QUOTE]
I may use it as an excuse later in the year.;)
Post 680818 by graemewelch on 2014-01-16 13:09:21
[QUOTE=stribo;680799]I was banking a lorry unloading packs of block paving blocks at work today, as I walked behind a pack that had been unloaded, the pallet tipped up, and the blocks fell towards me, I managed to move quick enough to get my body out of the way, unfortunately, they caught my arm and hand trapping them. I was pinned for a couple of minutes, before I was freed by someone who luckily was close by. Just been up the hospital, and after being x-rayed, been told I have a fractured metacarpel. If I hadn't have moved as quick as I had, I would have been trapped under a ton and a half of blocks, which would have done a lot more damage, probably even killed me, so a sore hand is quite a let off.
Obviously the photo of my injury isn't up to the standards of Graeme Welch's, but this shouldn't put you off your lunch.;)
Luckily I always wear gloves at work so superficial damage isn't too bad, just soft tissue, the fracture is under where my hand is cut.[/QUOTE]
thats just a scratch lol :uglyhamme jpoe recovery time isnt to long
Post 680822 by M-R-P on 2014-01-16 13:17:34
Did you put that watch on for the photo? ;)
Post 680837 by stribo on 2014-01-16 13:49:40
No, I use it as my work watch. :D
Post 680839 by Harvey on 2014-01-16 13:54:48
Years ago I broke the same,think I had it in plaster for 5-6 weeks,glad that's all it was could have been a lot worse.
Post 680843 by M-R-P on 2014-01-16 13:59:01
[QUOTE=stribo;680815]
There's no case against the person that positioned the pallet as it was me. lol. I didn't have chance to see if the top pack was stacked directly above the bottom pack, but as it toppled off I'm guessing it wasn't. It's all gone in the accident book, I don't know if they're going to RIDDOR it.
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Hard to say as you're self employed but normally, any incident, injury or not must be reported and any incident where someone has to be off work is a RIDDOR.
Post 680845 by stribo on 2014-01-16 14:04:02
[QUOTE=M-R-P;680843]Hard to say as you're self employed but normally, any incident, injury or not must be reported and any incident where someone has to be off work is a RIDDOR.[/QUOTE]
Oh I know it should be, but that brings the wrong sort of attention from H.S.E., so they may not.
Post 680848 by partsforvolvos.com on 2014-01-16 14:06:48
I think it might also go down as near miss, because of the potential to be fatal.
mart is right about riddor - has to be reported. if they don't, basically you can rape them for compensation loss of earnings and they will then get all twitchy when hse turn up and do a full company review .
Post 680849 by M-R-P on 2014-01-16 14:10:04
[QUOTE=partsforvolvos.com;680848]I think it might also go down as near miss, because of the potential to be fatal.
mart is right about riddor - has to be reported. if they don't, basically you can rape them for compensation loss of earnings and they will then get all twitchy when hse turn up and do a full company review .[/QUOTE]
It won't go down as a near-miss as the official definition of a "near miss" is an accident where nobody gets injured.
Post 680851 by V70 Graham on 2014-01-16 14:11:03
Fractured hand is not a finger, should be reported.....
http://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/reportable-incidents.htm
Post 680878 by Jimmie on 2014-01-16 15:05:16
Glad your ok but it must be reported by "law" but it's up to your company whether they do or not.
When you get a chance put the incident in the accident book as that will cover you
Hse will most likely want to speak to you if reported and check your paperwork which can be a pain.If everything is in order I would not worry about it.
Post 680880 by stribo on 2014-01-16 15:13:08
[QUOTE=Jimmie;680878]Glad your ok but it must be reported by "law" but it's up to your company whether they do or not.
When you get a chance put the incident in the accident book as that will cover you
Hse will most likely want to speak to you if reported and check your paperwork which can be a pain.If everything is in order I would not worry about it.[/QUOTE]
The accident book has been filled out, they just haven't said whether it's going any further or not. I don't mind it going further, as I have a slinger/signaller ticket, and relevant C.S.C.S. card, so all my paperwork is up to date.
Post 680881 by Jimmie on 2014-01-16 15:16:58
Supid question I know but did you manage to take any pics of the incident?
If not ask if any of your buddies did as it might help you with any insurance claim.
Post 680882 by Harvey on 2014-01-16 15:17:06
More than 3 days off work ,it a Reportable accident isn't it ?.
Post 680883 by stribo on 2014-01-16 15:20:51
[QUOTE=Jimmie;680881]Supid question I know but did you manage to take any pics of the incident?
If not ask if any of your buddies did as it might help you with any insurance claim.[/QUOTE]
No mate, no photos have been taken, and the blocks have since been moved.
Post 680884 by stribo on 2014-01-16 15:22:31
[QUOTE=Harvey;680882]More than 3 days off work ,it a Reportable accident isn't it ?.[/QUOTE]
Depending what the fracture clinic say, I'm expected in Monday, may not even get paid for tomorrow. :wallbash:
Post 680919 by RichT4 on 2014-01-16 17:49:35
You were lucky mate, glad you're ok!
Post 681161 by graemewelch on 2014-01-17 12:57:08
come rolling road day im going to a draw a huge penis on your cast just to show how mature i am lol
Post 681164 by Wobbly Dave on 2014-01-17 12:59:43
Good see you escaped with only minor damage. You'll just have to tommy tank with the other hand for a while - LOL
Post 681170 by stribo on 2014-01-17 13:06:01
[QUOTE=Wobbly Dave;681164]Good see you escaped with only minor damage. You'll just have to tommy tank with the other hand for a while - LOL[/QUOTE]
I'm far too experienced for that, I damaged my left hand.
Post 681178 by M-R-P on 2014-01-17 13:27:27
[QUOTE=graemewelch;681161]come rolling road day im going to a draw a huge penis on your cast just to show how mature i am lol[/QUOTE]
That'll be a sight he's not used to seeing ;)
Post 681179 by stribo on 2014-01-17 13:29:40
[QUOTE=M-R-P;681178]That'll be a sight he's not used to seeing ;)[/QUOTE]
I see you pretty much every month mate. :finger:
Post 681180 by M-R-P on 2014-01-17 13:32:44
[QUOTE=stribo;681179]I see you pretty much every month mate. :finger:[/QUOTE]
Good comeback ;)
Looking at the mess those blocks are in, I'd say you got off lightly mate. You could've been mangled in that lot.
Post 681182 by stribo on 2014-01-17 13:52:48
[QUOTE=M-R-P;681180]Good comeback ;)
Looking at the mess those blocks are in, I'd say you got off lightly mate. You could've been mangled in that lot.[/QUOTE]
It's lucky I'm quick on my toes, I was directly behind them when they started going, and to be honest didn't think I was going to make it.
Post 681185 by Harvey on 2014-01-17 13:59:56
[QUOTE=stribo;681156]Back to the hospital today, and I got plastered, well fibreglassed. Got to keep it on for 5 weeks, but back to the fracture clinic in a week to check progress I presume.
.[/QUOTE]
Nice to see you can still play with your toys when at home :redface:
But looking at photos you are very lucky to get away with just a cracked bone.
So is light work going to be tea boy for a mouth or so.
Do they still give you a choice of colours for the fiberglass cast as I had a black one easy to keep clean.
After couple of weeks the wire coat hanger will be out when you get a itched contend with.
Post 681187 by V70 Graham on 2014-01-17 14:16:25
Like others have said your lucky to get away with what you did, mine was in a cast for about a month but I was back working (was a milkman at the time) the next day.....light duties my a*** :P
Post 681188 by stribo on 2014-01-17 14:17:59
[QUOTE=Harvey;681185]Nice to see you can still play with your toys when at home :redface:
But looking at photos you are very lucky to get away with just a cracked bone.
So is light work going to be tea boy for a mouth or so.
Do they still give you a choice of colours for the fiberglass cast as I had a black one easy to keep clean.
After couple of weeks the wire coat hanger will be out when you get a itched contend with.[/QUOTE]
Light work will probaby be dumper driver. :) With NHS cutbacks there's now no choice of colour. :(
The best news is I can still use my PS3 controller.
Post 681216 by JamesT5 on 2014-01-17 16:34:56
[QUOTE=stribo;680799]I was banking a lorry unloading packs of block paving blocks at work today, as I walked behind a pack that had been unloaded, the pallet tipped up, and the blocks fell towards me, I managed to move quick enough to get my body out of the way, unfortunately, they caught my arm and hand trapping them. I was pinned for a couple of minutes, before I was freed by someone who luckily was close by. Just been up the hospital, and after being x-rayed, been told I have a fractured metacarpel. If I hadn't have moved as quick as I had, I would have been trapped under a ton and a half of blocks, which would have done a lot more damage, probably even killed me, so a sore hand is quite a let off.
Obviously the photo of my injury isn't up to the standards of Graeme Welch's, but this shouldn't put you off your lunch.;)
Luckily I always wear gloves at work so superficial damage isn't too bad, just soft tissue, the fracture is under where my hand is cut.[/QUOTE]
Lucky escape that Steve, glad your basically ok!
Post 681219 by V70 Graham on 2014-01-17 16:38:36
[QUOTE=JamesT5;681216]Lucky escape that Steve, glad your basically ok![/QUOTE]
He wasn't basically ok before the accident !
Post 681223 by M-R-P on 2014-01-17 16:43:46
he was just basic :)
Post 681226 by oblark on 2014-01-17 16:50:30
Glad to see your OK :)
After looking at the photo`s no wonder the top pallet fell off
Post 681259 by Jamest5r on 2014-01-17 19:07:58
What numpty thought a chep would stack on top of the bricks?? then pulled the forklift out lol
Post 681263 by stribo on 2014-01-17 19:27:10
[QUOTE=Jamest5r;681259]What numpty thought a chep would stack on top of the bricks?? then pulled the forklift out lol[/QUOTE]
Hindsight's a wonderful thing mate, and looking back I shouldn't have let them be stacked like that, but when that's how you're told to stack them, with those pallets, you just get on with it. They were hiabbed on, and they had been there a good couple of minutes, so I (stupidly) assumed that the top pack had been stacked central to the bottom pack, it's a mistake I won't make again. ;)
Post 681266 by stribo on 2014-01-17 19:29:56
[QUOTE=JUDGENINJA;681228]You can easily work out that Those pallets weren't stacked correctly and left in a dangerous condition as[COLOR="#FF0000"] the load wasn't covering the whole of the base of the panel meaning only the middle bar was supporting the load . [/COLOR]
Who ever stacked them are liable regardless if you think you should have checked them before attempting to move them.
RIDDOR is any event requiring hospital attention to anything other than figures or toes... They have 7days.[/QUOTE]
If they'd have been stacked central to the pack beneath(which I thought they had), then the front two bars would have been supporting the load.
Post 681267 by Jamest5r on 2014-01-17 19:32:19
Near impossible to get a hiab to stack them central as well lol just lucky you saw them coming at you
Post 681272 by rikcougar on 2014-01-17 19:35:05
Lucky escape mate, glad you are still in one piece
Have to call you Houdini from now on!
Post 681283 by stribo on 2014-01-17 19:42:31
[QUOTE=Jamest5r;681267]Near impossible to get a hiab to stack them central as well lol just lucky you saw them coming at you[/QUOTE]
He managed with all the other packs that didn't have pallets, as you can see from the photo.;)
Post 681287 by Kingsford G on 2014-01-17 19:47:27
Just seen the pics of the pallets.So the pallet was sitting on mid lower board cos the pile of bricks is not wide enough to support the outer ones.How stupid one must be to put it on the top.I hope u gonna claim for it.
Post 681290 by stribo on 2014-01-17 19:52:54
[QUOTE=Kingsford G;681287]Just seen the pics of the pallets.So the pallet was sitting on mid lower board cos the pile of bricks is not wide enough to support the outer ones.How stupid one must be to put it on the top.I hope u gonna claim for it.[/QUOTE]
The blocks should have been sitting on the front and middle board, but obviously weren't. :slap: If I claim, chances are I lose my job, and the claim won't get sorted for ages, so I'll have nothing to live on, as I can't get another job with a broken hand.
Post 681291 by Jamest5r on 2014-01-17 19:54:27
[QUOTE=stribo;681283]He managed with all the other packs that didn't have pallets, as you can see from the photo.;)[/QUOTE]
Yep and you can also see each one is a couple of inches out......enough to unbalance a pallet lol
Post 681294 by stribo on 2014-01-17 19:58:52
[QUOTE=Jamest5r;681291]Yep and you can also see each one is a couple of inches out......enough to unbalance a pallet lol[/QUOTE]
That was obviously the case.
Post 681299 by graemewelch on 2014-01-17 20:09:16
[QUOTE=stribo;681290]The blocks should have been sitting on the front and middle board, but obviously weren't. :slap: If I claim, chances are I lose my job, and the claim won't get sorted for ages, so I'll have nothing to live on, as I can't get another job with a broken hand.[/QUOTE]
i dont think they can sack you. its unfair dismisal, and decent solicitor would wipe the floor with them. i can suggest a few good one lol. but for what youd get for a broken bone i can understand it not being worth the hassle.
Post 681300 by stribo on 2014-01-17 20:17:03
[QUOTE=graemewelch;681299]i dont think they can sack you. its unfair dismisal, and decent solicitor would wipe the floor with them. i can suggest a few good one lol. but for what youd get for a broken bone i can understand it not being worth the hassle.[/QUOTE]
I'm self employed so I'd just be laid off.
Post 681302 by graemewelch on 2014-01-17 20:19:20
[QUOTE=stribo;681300]I'm self employed so I'd just be laid off.[/QUOTE]
cant do any harm to speak to a solicitor. you never know. drop me a pm if you want a number, ive been realy happy with my solicitor.
Luckily I always wear gloves at work so superficial damage isn't too bad, just soft tissue, the fracture is under where my hand is cut.
