What is the WORST injury you have ever sustained?

[PILOON]

Well, knock on wood, I have escaped my share of close calls.
Maybe I have great reflexes.

-Like a runaway outboard coming directly at me while I still have water skis on. I propel myself upwards out of the water, grab the center deck and reach out and cut the throttle. (boat was moving slow enough but deep dive was not an option with skis on)
-Crashed 2 small aircraft. Last one had a small motorcycle lashed in back so I reached back and put onthe helmet.
Upon landing the plane flipped over, my belt released and I landed on my head.
-Avoided what could have been serious car crash by steering off the road into the ditch.
-Garbage truck dropped a car bumper that bounced all over the place, so I ducked and that bumper smashed off of the windshield.
-A wheel detached itself from a dump truck, crossed the median coming at me. That one was pure luck as there was nothing I could do.
-Had a relatively new car making funny noises like riding on dozer tracks. (felt like a bearing going)
First garage refused to have a look. As I drove out of his lot my frt left wheel left the car and rolled away.(no grease from factory) mo
Just moments earlier I had been over speed limits.
-Another car, very new, like a week old, heard funny noises from differential. Rear end totally locked up from dry differential.
Fortunately I diagnosed and had pulled over onto the gravel so the rear end simply skidded.

Oh, and I could add a few more having had a few tractors and a couple of 'dozers.

Think I understand the phrase, 'Older and wiser'

 

[Streetcar]

For a near accident, I was inspecting a arch bridge over the Ohio river when I slipped. I was near the end of the bridge about 80 feet above the 4 foot deep water and rocks. While falling through the air I grabbed a beam and pulled myself on top the beam. Andrinaline is a great thing . Bruised arm and a trip to the bar as I was done working for the day.

 

[sixdogs]

Shot while bird hunting. My waxed canvas Filson vest took almost all the pellets but the three that got by needed serious micro surgery that night. It was a long day that ended at 1 AM and I had plans to go out again the next day at 6 AM. I made it but the guys gave me empty shells and I just slept in the truck anyway. The guy never said sorry.

 

[Looking4new]

Shot while bird hunting. The guy never said sorry.

I assume you don't hunt with him anymore?

 

[Green Power]

Im a young guy (18) and have been pretty lucky. The worst i can think of was getting a sore ******** 5 years ago.

 

[cliffepackaging]

Fell off the tractor once while in yard - it was a hard landing!

 

[sixdogs]

I assume you don't hunt with him anymore?

:thumbsup:

Im a young guy (18) and have been pretty lucky. The worst i can think of was getting a sore ******** 5 years ago.

At 18, I'd be worried if you didn't have one.

 

[k0ua]

Im a young guy (18) and have been pretty lucky. The worst i can think of was getting a sore ******** 5 years ago.

If you do it enough it can cause blindness, not to mention the hair growth in the palms of your hands.

Sorry, you walked right into that one...:laughing:

 

[oosik]

Ha,ha,ha--------- I just knew somebody was going to jump on that.

I've been pretty fortunate in all my years. Two years ago, while out & about on the property, I stepped on a small rock that twisted and I went down hard on my left shoulder. It has pained me ever since. The Dr said I damaged the cartilage in my shoulder joint & damaged a nerve. He said if it got too bad they might have to put in a titanium replacement joint. You know - the though of having a new shoulder joint, the surgery & the physical therapy - the shoulder quit hurting so bad, after all.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I used to do construction work when I was a kid; on a job laying storm sewer I picked up an air tamp that one of the guys had put down to go eat lunch. I squeezed the trigger and that sucker danced all over my foot. My foot was in soft dirt, so the injury wasn't that bad, but I didn't know at the time. I was afraid to take off my shoe until I got home; my sock was covered in blood and I just knew I was crippled for life. On my way home, when I passed a certain intersection, I was reminded that a black cat had crossed in front of me that morning. Hmmm.

In effect, my big toe nail was just attached on one side. A long soak in Epsom salts water and a new pair of steel toed boots and my recovery was swift and complete; except for my dignity. I chalked that one up to experience. I later spent a lot of time with the air tamps, but with a bit of expert instruction and my vivid memory to guide me, I had no more problems...at least of that nature.