Our little "gifted child", isn't he?


STEEL.TOED.SAFETY.BOOTS...

Repeat after me...

Even if it was 500lbs, or 250lbs or just a REALLY FAT CHICK - sneakers spells TRUBBLE (that was for Kevin - I DO know how to spell trouble) when you're playing dockworker yourself...

Rick

Yep I completely agree with Rick on that , but I'm so guilty I do the sneaker thing too sometimes. Steel toes don't always do it, I dropped a dead axle from Caravan on my foot and broke some of the bones in the foot, that took a long time to heal. I only missed 2 days of work and I didn't sue either

The least you can do is have it documented. If it was me i would had the manager or shift supervisor right up a report, and have it signed. You never know, later on down the road it could cause some problems... Sorry to hear about that!

AMEN, Rick!
Those steel toes (or NMST's, whichever your poison may be) make MUCH better wheel chocks for pallet jacks, carts, rolltainers, etc. than sneakers... but at least you weren't wearing flip-flops.

My brother-in-law got his right leg run over by a Pettibone forklift, loaded with pipe, in 1992. They cut his right big toe off, about 50 minutes after the EMT's cut off his steel toe boot.


He still looks goofy when he tries to run full speed!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:



Seriously Scottt....If your toe ruptured, you need to see a doctor. Once you develop gangrene, it is way to late!
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And yes..my b-in-law really did get run over by the forklift and they really did amputate his right big toe. His calf and foot were crushed to the knee.....they saved everything but the big toe.

Ouch!

Kinda reminds me of the time we were working on a set of dozer tracks and I was using a long crowbar to lay the track out flat to position it for installation. The track suddenly "unrolled" and the crowbar (still stuck thru the track link) came down square across my right foot.

My toes were screwed up for a long time after that, never did go to the doctor though.

Then there was the time I was trying to straighten a bucket pin using an 18 lb. sledgehammer, and the hammer glanced off the pin and came back and nailed me square in the left shinbone.............:eek2:

I agree with Stan, you should have a doctor check it out.

If an infection sets in it could be real bad.

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I had a fat chick step on my foot once. Man, did that hurt. Both my foot and looking at her.

I believe the first order of importance is to pray for your foot. I had many broken bones due to sports, farm work or just plain dumb luck, and you're right, the toe is the "hurtiest."

Lord Jesus, heal my friend's toe and help him recover quickly. Lessen the pain and help him learn to dance the 2-step in a quicker fashion. Thank you. Amen.

God bless you, bro. Will be praying.

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You CAN get nailed by something so heavy that it WILL CRUSH the steel-toe-cage of a safety shoe and cut ALL the toes off - but at that point, you'll likely have completely crushed every bone in the foot anyway - making the toes kinda moot - eh?

Rick