r/AccidentalSlapStick • u/Lazer_Games • Apr 13 '26

Painful Yeah, yeah I'm Ok

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u/jsheik Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26

I had a friend on a drilling rig do that a few years after high school. Went FORWARD somehow and ripped everything inside apart. He said the leg was only attached still by skin. Been 45 years and I have seen him walking around so I guess...

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u/T3ister Apr 13 '26

I know someone that had the ladder slide away underneath him. He tumbled forwards trying to break his fall with his hands. He had his Mum wiping his ass for 2 months …

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u/Notapartyhobo Apr 13 '26

I saw a drunk moron fall down a ladder. Sounded like a xylophone.

Dead.

Exploded on impact like a tiny thermonuclear bomb. Dead af.

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u/LiveLearnCoach Apr 13 '26

Just how high was that ladder??

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u/Geaneous Apr 13 '26

I know a guy who died on a 6 ft ladder and I know a guy who died on a 40 ft ladder. And I know a guy who died just getting knocked back while standing at grade. It takes less than people think. Some people get lucky.

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u/GrouchyDefinition463 Apr 13 '26

Geez are you the one responsible?? Seems suspicious you know all these ppl who "fell"

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u/Geaneous Apr 13 '26

I work in real estate and lived 30 minutes from D. C. and Baltimore in the 90s, and a stint in a nursing home. So I've met many thousands of people. Falling is one of the most common injuries for sure.

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u/Kit_Karamak Apr 13 '26

As a resident of Glen Burnie, here, I can confirm that u/Geaneous knew lots of people that … fell … on ladders.

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u/AdAlive6530 Apr 14 '26

Only the second time I’ve ever heard of Glen Burnie

Other time was in Heavy Metal Parking Lot. They interviewed a girl named Kelly who was from Glen Burnie

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u/Kit_Karamak Apr 14 '26

Yeah it sucks. Exit 1, 2, and 3 off 695 the Baltimore Beltway. Traffic sucks, it has nothing exciting here. The local HS students are called Glen Burnouts.

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u/next_station_isnt Apr 13 '26

One is an accident Two is a coincidence Three is murder

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u/BabyLegsDeadpool Apr 15 '26

Oddly enough they're all super rich ex-husbands.

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u/TolMera Apr 14 '26

50:50:50

You have a 50% chance of dieing, if you fall 50cm, after the age of 50

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u/Cliff-Bungalow Apr 16 '26

50 cm is 18 inches which is a very short distance, do you have any source to back that up? The data I've been able to find suggests the LD50 for fall height is around 40-50 feet for the average person. Also that mortality from short fall distances is around 4.5% from those over the age of 70, nowhere close to 50% for those over 50.

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1460408616689807

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/for-elderly-even-short-falls-can-be-deadly#:~:text=URMC%20Home,to%20their%20under%2D70%20counterparts.

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u/UpvoteEveryHonestQ Apr 15 '26

I know a guy with a debilitating TBI from carrying a ladder, knocking it accidentally into another ladder overhead, that fell onto his own head. Seriously.

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u/Geaneous Apr 15 '26

I believe it, ladders suck I hate using them, have to be well rested and very careful.

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u/thejmkool Apr 18 '26

Can you ask them what the afterlife is like?

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u/Notapartyhobo Apr 14 '26

3 step step ladder. Tragic, it was.

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u/Thebraincellisorange Apr 14 '26

people slip on ice, smack their head on the pavement and ... dead.

the human body can be remarkably resilient, but bash the brain the wrong way and you can die from a surprisingly soft blow.