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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

After fairly recently being able to get back to work from 10 days isolating, I was enjoying getting back into a routine. On Monday I went to move a bench that had some dumbbells on (we use this to prop against a fence that's not too stable) and in what seemed lime slow motion a 12kg dumbbell fell on to the toe next to my big toe on my left foot

with no footwear on I might add. Cleaned and dressed it the best I could, with the view to get seen to next day...

Next day, trip to a&e. Compound fracture at end of toe, crushed nail that had lifted the nail bed upwards and open wound

I must be the clumsiest person on here! Any of you lovely fabbers got some self inflicted injuries, or is it just me?

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

Oh jesus.

That's some impressive injury work right there.

I, obviously, have never done anything to inflict an injury on myself. Ever.

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By *ustamanMan
over a year ago

weymouth

Always bashing my head. But the daftest was a pile of scuba cylinders that rolled out of the van onto my sandled foot when I opened the door. Might of broken my toe might not have, didn't go to a+e as I figured they wouldn't do anything anyway - did lose the nail though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Put a tuna can in the bin at work

End of the night emptying the bins i pulled up the bin bag and the top from the tuna can went through my finger somehow cutting it to the bone

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

Chesterfield

Ouch.

Plenty of broken toes here, usually radiators, clipping a tree stump whilst mountain biking.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Well these stories make me feel slightly better. I wouldn't of bothered going to a&e if it was just broke, but the open wounds needed stitched.

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

Chesterfield

I didn’t want to go to A+E when I broke my leg, I claimed it was just a sprain.

It was huge by the next day and they gave me a right bollocking.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I sprained my ankle getting out of bed one day

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

Put my hand into a machine that had a very long rundown time. I thought it had stopped, but it hadn’t.

They managed to reattach half my thumb with K wires and a lot of stitching.

11 years later it still doesn’t work properly and gets very painful in cold weather.

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By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

I'm clumsy, I've done all sorts of stupid stuff. My most recent trip to A&E was after an altercation with a laundry basket

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Put my hand into a machine that had a very long rundown time. I thought it had stopped, but it hadn’t.

They managed to reattach half my thumb with K wires and a lot of stitching.

11 years later it still doesn’t work properly and gets very painful in cold weather. "

I've to see what the toe is like like in 4 weeks.. it's been stitched to make it look as normal as can be.

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By *ickshawedCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

Not a proper injury but we had a sunflower with a very large head maybe 8 or so years back. The flower died but the weight pulled the whole plant sideways. It was ugly so I was going to get rid of it. I cut the head off and the stem immediately tried to spring upright - but my nose was in the way. My husband still laughs about it

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

I smash my arms and knuckles going through doorways in the chair all the time.

I broke my shoulder falling off a horse, which many would describe as "self inflicted".

I fell out of my wheelchair recently (fucking uneven pavements

) but didn't even tear my tights this time. Bashed my knee a bit. Hilarious to see the reactions of bystanders though. When I fell out in Spain, I really bashed the back of my head but managed not to actually cause any damage (that I'm aware of!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Once I was building a new fence and needed to remove several 4 x 4 wooden fence posts. One was exceptionally stubborn so me being me thought I'm big and can just rock it back and forth as you do to loosen it. Getting it moving I was determined to get it out so put all of my 17 and half stone prop forward build into it...

Changing position I instead of pushing...put my hands around it and pulled... at the moment the prop forward build beat the wooden post and it snapped, I realised pulling a four by four at face level wasn't the best idea... smashed me across the nose, breaking it blood all over me flat on my back rolling about in agony...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I once sliced my hand open when I had plunged a knife into a turnip to cut up for a horse, it was wedged tight and as I pulled it out managed to slice my hand at the same time. Went straight into shock, I was found sat with a knife in one hand and blood pouring out of the other. When asked if I was ok I simply said “Blood” looked liked there’s been a massacre

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Some of these are brill

not that you've been injured, just knowing it's not just me. Have been laughing about it with nearest and dearest (coping mechanism probably)

Was kind of sweet in a way to see how worried and concerned my other half was too.. About the blood stains on our white bedding

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to be known as Miss Accident Prone.

A certain ward in hospital knew me by name… and I also recognised certain members of the A/E team…. Most accidents were horse related

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh you narna! Hope you are not in too much pain!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Oh you narna! Hope you are not in too much pain!!

Not my brightest moment I'll admit. Definitely up there with the time I slipped down some stairs

Can't get strong pain relief till tomorrow, but I'll manage.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Oh you narna! Hope you are not in too much pain!!

Not my brightest moment I'll admit. Definitely up there with the time I slipped down some stairs

Can't get strong pain relief till tomorrow, but I'll manage. "

Ouch! Hope you are taking something for the pain in the meantime.

What are you like! Just sit and do nothing seems the safest bet

You've seen my ankle scars and know the story there lol.

I fractured my wrist falling up the stairs once as well

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Oh you narna! Hope you are not in too much pain!!

Not my brightest moment I'll admit. Definitely up there with the time I slipped down some stairs

Can't get strong pain relief till tomorrow, but I'll manage.

Ouch! Hope you are taking something for the pain in the meantime.

What are you like! Just sit and do nothing seems the safest bet

You've seen my ankle scars and know the story there lol.

I fractured my wrist falling up the stairs once as well

Yeah I'm taking paracetamol and ibuprofen for now.

Struggling to do nothing, been pottering about all restless and stuff.

I didn't injure myself on the stair incident, just embarrassed as was while attending a club

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Oh you narna! Hope you are not in too much pain!!

Not my brightest moment I'll admit. Definitely up there with the time I slipped down some stairs

Can't get strong pain relief till tomorrow, but I'll manage.

Ouch! Hope you are taking something for the pain in the meantime.

What are you like! Just sit and do nothing seems the safest bet

You've seen my ankle scars and know the story there lol.

I fractured my wrist falling up the stairs once as well

Yeah I'm taking paracetamol and ibuprofen for now.

Struggling to do nothing, been pottering about all restless and stuff.

I didn't injure myself on the stair incident, just embarrassed as was while attending a club

Them stairs in them there clubs can be lethal!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Oh you narna! Hope you are not in too much pain!!

Not my brightest moment I'll admit. Definitely up there with the time I slipped down some stairs

Can't get strong pain relief till tomorrow, but I'll manage.

Ouch! Hope you are taking something for the pain in the meantime.

What are you like! Just sit and do nothing seems the safest bet

You've seen my ankle scars and know the story there lol.

I fractured my wrist falling up the stairs once as well

Yeah I'm taking paracetamol and ibuprofen for now.

Struggling to do nothing, been pottering about all restless and stuff.

I didn't injure myself on the stair incident, just embarrassed as was while attending a club

Them stairs in them there clubs can be lethal!

I think it's just me, I bring whole new meaning to "I'm my own worst enemy"

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By *iromancergirl1Woman
over a year ago

bolton

Yes I’m very clumsy I was walking back to my bedroom in the middle of the night from the loo and stood on an up turned sowing needle which was stuck in my carpet and it snapped of in my foot ended up having major surgery to retrieve it from my foot as it had traveled to the centre of my foot another time stepped down of a stool while retrieving something up high in my kitchen and stepped down on to a folded up plastic pasting tackle and sliced open the whole side of my foot on a sticky out bit of plastic ended up with 10 stitches and many more incidents I’m very clumsy I also broke 3 toes falling down the last 4 steps on my stairs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"After fairly recently being able to get back to work from 10 days isolating, I was enjoying getting back into a routine. On Monday I went to move a bench that had some dumbbells on (we use this to prop against a fence that's not too stable) and in what seemed lime slow motion a 12kg dumbbell fell on to the toe next to my big toe on my left foot

with no footwear on I might add. Cleaned and dressed it the best I could, with the view to get seen to next day...

Next day, trip to a&e. Compound fracture at end of toe, crushed nail that had lifted the nail bed upwards and open wound

I must be the clumsiest person on here! Any of you lovely fabbers got some self inflicted injuries, or is it just me?

Pics or it didn't happen

Sorry, love a gory pic but that sounds so painful you poor sausage, You will catch that toe on everything from now on and it will wreck. *hugs*

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By *errocaWoman
over a year ago

Shropshire

Sliced my thumb open while opening a tin of corned beef

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yes I’m very clumsy I was walking back to my bedroom in the middle of the night from the loo and stood on an up turned sowing needle which was stuck in my carpet and it snapped of in my foot ended up having major surgery to retrieve it from my foot as it had traveled to the centre of my foot another time stepped down of a stool while retrieving something up high in my kitchen and stepped down on to a folded up plastic pasting tackle and sliced open the whole side of my foot on a sticky out bit of plastic ended up with 10 stitches and many more incidents I’m very clumsy I also broke 3 toes falling down the last 4 steps on my stairs

I think you beat me to it, just had the male equivalent of a nunny pain

there should be an emoji for that

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

with no footwear on I might add. Cleaned and dressed it the best I could, with the view to get seen to next day...

Next day, trip to a&e. Compound fracture at end of toe, crushed nail that had lifted the nail bed upwards and open wound

I must be the clumsiest person on here! Any of you lovely fabbers got some self inflicted injuries, or is it just me?

Pics or it didn't happen

Sorry, love a gory pic but that sounds so painful you poor sausage, You will catch that toe on everything from now on and it will wreck. *hugs*"

Picture sent

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I jumped out of a trailer a year ago and my willyboot got caught i hit the deck like a sack of spuds. Turns out i dislocated my knee tore all the ligaments and knicked the artery

fun times lol still not over the fact they cut my willyboots. I loved them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

with no footwear on I might add. Cleaned and dressed it the best I could, with the view to get seen to next day...

Next day, trip to a&e. Compound fracture at end of toe, crushed nail that had lifted the nail bed upwards and open wound

I must be the clumsiest person on here! Any of you lovely fabbers got some self inflicted injuries, or is it just me?

Yea i wana see a picture too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If anyone wants gruesome pictures I've got abdominal wound ones for you disgusting lot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Broke both my arms after going over the handle bars on my bike….painful and embarrassing as trips to the toilet became a two person job

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Whilst crossing the A303 for a walk to the fields, my dog stepped in front of me and I face palmed the road falling over him. My life flashed before me but I managed to get up still holding his lead. I walked 3 miles with a fractured shoulder. I never crossed that road again as lucky I wasn't killed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The pic is epicly minging

hes defo done a number on it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ouch, ouch, fucking ouch.

Oh yeah, double ouch.

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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago

North Norfolk area

with no footwear on I might add. Cleaned and dressed it the best I could, with the view to get seen to next day...

Next day, trip to a&e. Compound fracture at end of toe, crushed nail that had lifted the nail bed upwards and open wound

I must be the clumsiest person on here! Any of you lovely fabbers got some self inflicted injuries, or is it just me?

Not exactly self inflicted, but many years ago, was doing an indoor net (cricket). Managed to chop a ball onto the toe of my boot. Somewhat painful, but carried on. Took boot off afterwards..... a bloody sock!

A&E next day, crush fracture to tip of big toe. Had to drill through the nail to relieve the swelling. Was a bit painful!!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The pic is epicly minging

hes defo done a number on it. "

And that's just my foot

the injury is pretty gross as well

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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago

A world all of his own

with no footwear on I might add. Cleaned and dressed it the best I could, with the view to get seen to next day...

Next day, trip to a&e. Compound fracture at end of toe, crushed nail that had lifted the nail bed upwards and open wound

I must be the clumsiest person on here! Any of you lovely fabbers got some self inflicted injuries, or is it just me?

Forever injuring myself, usually but not always, at work. Squashed my left thumb with a spanner last night and it was one of those ones where I was a little reluctant to take my glove off as I wasn't sure what was going to greet me inside lol. Thankfully just a bruised thumbnail

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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago

North Norfolk area

One of the most stupid things I heard of (business wise) was a man who lost a finger in a metal working factory. H&E Inspector turned up to investigate. Asked the foreman what had happened. Foreman demonstrated by putting his finger into the inspection hole on a working, turret press. Oooops, he lost his finger as well!

H&E Inspector promptly took the machine out of use!!!!

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