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[TW]Sponge · 20 May 2011 at 21:07

What a silly way to go. Such a shame

R.I.P

simon22 · 20 May 2011 at 21:20

Tragic. My thoughts are with you and your family.

Swifty55 · 20 May 2011 at 21:26

It's not how high you fall, it's how you land.

Dewotter · 20 May 2011 at 21:28

dmpoole said:
My Uncle Cecil fell from the 3rd rung of a ladder and died back in the 80's.
And no, it was a normal ladder with normal rungs and he fell straight to the floor on his head.
Of course people will ask how do I know it was the 3rd rung? - this is what I was told.

On his face due you mean? I can't see how you could rotate that far to land on your head from such a height.

Swifty55 · 20 May 2011 at 21:31

RKO said:
On his face due you mean? I can't see how you could rotate that far to land on your head from such a height.

Back of the head?

kinetic747 · 20 May 2011 at 22:07

He was working on my father-in-laws house (his brother) and the house has scaffold on both sides. He had bags of sand footing the ladder but when he moved the ladder to the other side of the house he didn't take the sand bags for reasons unknown. The tragic thing is that he only did the job as a favour as my father-in-law is recovering from a bypass operation. My father-in-law is devastated as they were very close (golf partners etc). We went to see his wife today and she is in complete shock walking around clutching his jumper. It's going to take a long time for the family to get over this, if ever.

Von Smallhausen · 20 May 2011 at 23:17

Sorry to hear that kinetic and echo Freefaller's words.

Mark A · 20 May 2011 at 23:44

Sorry to hear that

My dads ladder slipped away while he was removing a double glazed window from a bedroom window. He landed on top of the ladder facing up and then the glass unit fell down and landed on his legs :eek:

. Luckily all he had was a small cut, but it could have so easily have been a very different outcome.

Another guy got a customer to stand at the back of his ladder as it was on a slippy cast concrete drive. When he was up the ladder fixing a trim to the window the customer stepped back to get a better look at what he was doing and the ladder slipped down the drive. Smashed both his wrists and was off work for 6 months.

I'm actually going to be working on a scaffold tomorrow but after my dads accident I'm always ultra careful now.

Tute · 21 May 2011 at 00:00

Sorry to hear that.

Oddly enough, I absolutely hate ladders. Even if they're secured and I know they can take my weight, I hate climbing them. I think it's to do with my fear of heights, but even something like going into the loft makes me break out in a sweat.

MumboJumbo · 21 May 2011 at 00:02

That is terrible

. Am sorry to hear.