Steve,
Get em cleats to wear and a hard hat!!!!!! Throw in some shin and elbow
guards too.
Sorry to hear about your son-in-law. I wish him a quick recovery and someone
to install his steps!!!!
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Harvey" <stevenh@execpc.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 7:13 AM
Subject: Safety!
> Hello all,
> I've been reading the wedding ring welding thread and thought of all of
> the terrible things I've seen working around Navy aircraft over the
> years. Mostly stupid mistakes that killed people. Safety has always been
> high on my list, even when working on cars in my garage.
>
> I got a call at work on Friday from my wife saying that my new
> son-in-law had an accident at work and that he was at the hospital.
> Turns out that he was climbing a ladder up 15 ft to the top of a
> vertical machining center that he was installing for a customer. He got
> almost to the top and the bottom of the ladder slips out and away from
> the machine. He falls the 12 to 15 ft. down to the concrete floor.
> Dislocates both shoulders and breaks the left shoulder. He also chipped
> the right shoulder which means to me, he broke both shoulders! Out of
> work now for 3 months. One of the worst parts is that he removed the
> steps to the basement in his newly purchased house because they where
> ready to fall apart. Hence, he's laid up for 3 months and has no steps!
> I guess I'll be installing steps in the near future.
>
> I called my son to inform him about the accident and he tells me that he
> just fell off of his roof moments before my call. He was trying to
> remove the 2 feet of snow we all have on our roofs here in Milwaukee.
> Thankfully, he landed in a big snow bank and wasn't injured. Also, his 5
> month pregnant wife slipped in the driveway and landed on the back of
> her head last night. She has a bump but seems all right as well. Man,
> what's going on here?
>
> Let's all think before we act and we'll make it through the year safe
> and happy.
>
> Steve Harvey
> 68 2000 solex
> 70 1600
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