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[โ€“] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Someone cracking their skull on a concrete floor soaked in hydraulic oil

[โ€“] cashmaggot@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No thank you! Ugh.

Blue collar accidents are unbelievably horrible because they show you the limitations of our fleshy bodies against pretty much any other element.

[โ€“] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well i have survived about a dozen such trips and slips just in the last couple years with only a few light bruises to show for em. Concrete definitely has no give so you gotta learn to fall so that the impact is minimized. I have done that for the most part.

[โ€“] cashmaggot@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hahaha, my partner skates concrete and it is absolutely the most insane material to skate on. Although I suppose it was the only material for the longest. But there's others that she vouches don't hurt as much (as long as you're not falling straight down). But I knew a guy who got the skin ripped off his hand and was insanely lucky for having a tool belt on because he got someone's attention and they stopped the machine that was pulling him in.

[โ€“] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Very fortunate