That HURT (injury)

[Becks]

Since this happened to me at work, I'm putting it here in GWC. Mods, feel free to move it, if needed.

Anyhoo, I went to the hot foods department to get a cleaning rag. It was on a ledge over one of the sinks. As I was grabbing the rag, I accidentally knocked over a huge container of some sort of seasoning. Not wanting it to hit me, I jumped backwards to get out of the way. For some reason, my hand went UP instead of BACKWARDS with me, so SLAM into the ledge of the sink.

There's a line from the ledge still visible on my hand (and it happened almost three hours ago!!!!!!), some swelling and pain. I filled out an incident report, just in case, because when it happened, it swelled and hurt (and there were a few tingly feelings at the time).

Enough about MY story, anyone else have any hurt at work stories?

[beercashier]

I have never hurt myself at work, but that sounds like it really hurts. I hope it doesn't cause you any problems!

[stickycoins]

Oh, I've got a good one! I was coming out of the back room with 2 40s of beer in my hands. My right elbow hit the door, funny bone. My right hand flew open, dropping one of the bottles. It shattered, glass and beer everywhere. Then I felt the blood running. I looked down at my legs and both had deep gashes. Left one was right below my knee, right one was lower calf. It was a Friday and VERY busy. I got some paper towels from behind the counter to try and stop the blood, but customers just kept coming. Meanwhile, my socks and shoes were filling with blood. I was just about to call the owner when he walked in. He took over the register so I could get cleaned up enough to continue. Then he went back and cleaned up the beer and glass for me. I have scars from this one!

[Cyanocobalamin]

I'm very klutzy at work...

I'm lucky to never have fallen off a ladder. (knocks repeatedly on oak dresser!!) I've had a fair share of cuts to my left hand from my box cutter. I have a bruise on my left bicep from running into the corner of a metal wire rack.

On Saturday I succeeded in getting a stuck midstock (hinged) door open. The edge of it was sort of caught on a bracket of the post of the next section. The doors are pressboard and are somewhat flexible. I grabbed the edge of the door and gave it a good hard yank. I'm not sure how my thumb got in the way but it was wedged briefly but very painfully between the door edge and the post. So far no bruising and only a tiny piece of skin was scraped off but my thumb is pretty tender. -sigh- I miss the sliding midstock doors...

About 4 months ago one of the cashiers, 'R' tripped on a hand basket and ended up needing a few stitches above her eyebrow. Fortunately R's glasses weren't broken and the store/corporate paid the medical bill.... And for her sake, I am always picking up empty baskets and putting them away.

[April]

Way back at my second ever job, it was part of my job to pull/and or make all the pies for the resturant. Certain ones were just in the freezer and I could bring them out to thaw, others, like the strawberry cheescake and the strawberry pie I had to make, which consisted of just baking the crust and putting strawberries and sauce ojn the top.

Once when taking the hot pies out of the oven I brushed the side of my arm against the inside of the oven and had scars for quite awhile that looked like alien eyes (seriously LOL)

and then, the other time I hurt myself I was using a steak knife to pke holes in the frozen crust so it wouldn't bubble in the oven and I pushed too hard and poked all the way through the crust, the foil and deep into my hand. That one bled for quite awhile, but it ended up stopping on it's own.

[Greenday]

Well, at my summer job, I was wheeling in an ice cream portable and the big heavy metal thing that says the name of the company whose portable it was fell down and hit me on the head. Knocked me down. The manager of that said company asked if I was alright and I said yea. So we kept bring it in. Her manager then asked if I was alright and I said yea. I touched my head and pulled my hand away to find blood on it. Got sent straight to the doctors (thank God I work at such a huge place that has its own medical staff onsite) and the end result: I had a concussion. My parents had to come in since I was only 17. My mom drove me home and my stepdad took my car home. Never thought to sue them or anything for faulty equipment. Didn't get any bribes or nothing to keep me quiet. I blame that on the concussion itself, couldn't think straight at the time.

[fizzgig]

while i was a cna i did some major damage to my shoulder while pulling on patients. off for two weeks the first time and over 6 mos the second time.
had to have surgury on my shoulder after that. was my dr ever happy to see me get off the floor and into tele


fizzy

[Retail's Bitch]

Hmmmmm... Has RB ever hurt herself at work!?

Is that a trick question?


Apart from various paper cuts and non-emergent injuries...


Tim Horton's - Third Degree burn on my arm from catching a hot, direct from the oven, cookie sheet on my forearm.

Discount Store. Broke my arm falling down the stairs.

Grocery store - Broke my finger falling UP the stairs.

Portrait studio. - Twisted my ankle 2 times. Once tripping over a customer... (ASSHOLES!) who was standing RIGHT behind me when I was shooting a session. And once when a child threw a prop ball at my feet and I didn't notice it, and I tripped over it.

Portrait studio - Two consecutive concussions. I was underneath the sales desk getting some paperwork when I walked backwards to get out from underneath, I misjudged and slammed my head on the underside of the table. HARD! Then later on that same day when I was still woozy from the concussion, I bent down to pick something out of the printer and slammed my head off the back of the passport chair.

Nothing hospital worthy lately though. *knock on wood*

[KayEm]

What's even worse is managements complete lack of compassion when an employee gets hurt.

What you should get: "Does it hurt too much to work ? you need to go home if it does"

What you REALLY get: "Bandage it up, forget about it and get back to work"

One time I smashed my fingers really bad, I couldn't help but utter "Shit !!!!!!!" And rather then do the proper thing and ask if I was ok, all I got from my PIC was "You better be glad Tom (the store director) didn't hear you, you would have been written up!"

I was like, thank you SO much, Aaron..your sensitivity is overwhelming, really it is. Asshole.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Two months ago I pinched my finger in the circle rack I was building. I thought I was going to lose my entire fingernail. It bled a lot and turned black and blue, and there was like a hole in my fingernail. That hurt a lot.

[toolbert]

The worst I've probably done to myself was with a box cutter. I was working at the Warner Bros. Studio Store and Gallery (i loved that job, even with the all the kids stuff...sad it closed down..but I digress) and got to do my favorite part of the job: stock! So I'm in the back, listening to the radio and breaking down boxes, putting up stuff on the shelves, taking stuff to the front...all the fun stocky stuff. Then while I was breaking a box down, I started to notice some red stuff on the side of the box. Thinking nothing of it since sometimes boxes are labeled with red marker, I kept going on with my work. I only stopped cause I started to notice that the red stuff was on the box cutter. I looked down at my hand and saw a pretty big gash that I could only guess the box cutter had made. Now I've got a scar that I can say I got from a knife fight...

[Ree]

LOL...we were joking around today. Some of the shelves in the warehouse are a little low, and most of the guys have bumped their heads at one time or another.

I looked across, and one of the guys was holding his head.

I asked if he was OK, and he knew I cared, but then I jokingly said, "So you hit your head. Suck it up, put on a bandaid and get back to work. I've worked for this company for 19 years and never bumped my head. You guys are just careless."

Of course, it helps that I am only 5 feet tall.

I said, "I am so tired of these whiners, "Waaah...I cut off my arm, I won't be in to work today."
Yeah, I'm a pretty sarcastic person.

The guys knew I was joking. I care if someone gets hurt, but they are always doing stupid stuff that flaunts all the rules of safety.

[blas]

Too many little incidents at the gas station to remember........although I do remember climbing in the beer cooler to stock it and having a bunch of 30 packs collapse underneath me and bring me down with it.

At the factory...
I've already ran my toes over multiple times with my carts.
I've already hit my nose pushing a cart onto the end of the machine.
And I've already ran into the door about 10 times
(they are safety doors, in which only one side can be opened at once....so if one person is going in on one side, the other can't get in until the other door shuts. I tend to forget that)

[Seanette]

Grocery store - Broke my finger falling UP the stairs.

If you don't mind my asking (I seem to be a little dense today), how did you manage to fall UP stairs?

My worst on-the-job injury involved a box cutter at 7-11. Two stitches in my finger were necessary (cut was right in a knuckle crease on the palm side of a finger).

[Retail's Bitch]

If you don't mind my asking (I seem to be a little dense today), how did you manage to fall UP stairs?

My worst on-the-job injury involved a box cutter at 7-11. Two stitches in my finger were necessary (cut was right in a knuckle crease on the palm side of a finger).

LOL how do I manage to NOT kill myself at work is more the question...

I was walking fast up the stairs, slipped slightly, grabbed at the railing and smashed my finger on the end of the railing. My finger snapped forwards, and touched the middle of my wrist... Snap... Broken pinky...