one of my dads friends was run over

trooperchin

My dad saw a really bad accident at the job today. He is a foreman for a Construction company and another one of his friends was backing a bulldozer up when a Pipelayer walked behind the bulldozer and had his legs crushed. LAst year my dad watched a man fall 100 or so floors of the WorldTrade center in Baltimore. The man according to my dad was a a blood mess and was split in 1/2.my dad didnt take the fall well and im doubting he'll be ok with this also. Please keep my father in your prayers also.

Thanks,
Eric

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thesupermonkey

I'm sorry to hear that. You think you've seen everything on t.v. until you see it for real and then you never forget. I'll be keeping my paws crossed for your dad and the pipelayer.

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Varmintmist

NEVER NEVER NEVER walk behind construction equipment. They dont have crumple zones nor mirrors, and the operator will not even notice the bump you make.

I grew up in construction, my dad almost lost his arm to a loader, about a summer and a lot of grafts later he could use it again. I flipped a roller (bank gave out) rammed a loader with my grader while backing up (he shouldnt have been there, was knocking down my windrows thinking it would help) seen a truck on its butt, and one on its side, watched a guy get most of his front burned up by putting base material (tar) in a bucket that had water in it (liquid asphalt and water is the fastest way to get a tar "explosion")

Its part of the trade, but I hope your dad sees that the pipelayer is at fault, no one else. I also hope the pipelayer has a full recovery.

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We don't think about our mortality often enough, sometimes, but being faced with it too often isn't very healthy for our minds either (in my opinion, of course). Mom's heart is operating at 40-50% of normal now, and she takes medicines every day. I hope she has a lot of time still left. My dog had a seizure this week, which reminded me that she, and I, have no guarantees.

If I were in your dad's place, I'd try to go visit that pipelayer after he starts feeling better and let him know he hasn't been forgotten. There are fabulous things being done with prosthetics nowadays, and he can look forward to a normal life in many ways -- with patience and courage.

Even Jesus on the cross had his moment -- "My God, My God! Why hast Thou foresaken me?" Apparently his moment of question passed. Certainly, we cannot be expected to be even that strong. And this life has many, many mysteries. Wasn't it the late Ann Landers who used to advise, when given lemons, make lemonade?

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Lowrider

I operated heavy equipment for many years and have seen some grizzly accidents. Saw a guy burned alive when his scraper took the top out of a buried, 800psi butane pipeline. Also saw a grade checker squashed flat when he stepped behind a loaded scraper that was backing up. The tires on that big Terex scraper were probably 7 feet high. Hit the guy right in the back, knocked him flat on his face and rolled right over the length of him. What was left looked like a skunk that had been squashed on the highway.

Back-up alarms are pretty useless on a big construction job. It's so noisy everywhere that they're hard to hear, and you get so used to hearing them going beep-beep-beep all day on every piece of equipment on the job that after while you just ignore them.

Very dangerous work, especially for the guys working on the ground.

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