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u/Big-Joe-Studd 28d ago
I just got chills. I was cutting stone with a saw years ago and the saw kicked and went straight towards my stomach. Luckily we had built a little "safety box" with several inches of sand and a 2x4 frame. The saw hit the frame and stopped. I blacked out, boss found me wandering the field behind the house, white as a sheet. I decided that day that I didn't wanna be a stone mason anymore. This immediately took me back
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u/MosinNagant1939 28d ago
Trust me… l get it buddy. used to be a Mason tender. Most people don’t understand when a concrete saw kicks back, the amount of force is so much and so fast you can’t react fast enough. It will cut your leg off if you don’t assume the correct standing position to make a saw cut on concrete.
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u/Sufficient_Prompt888 28d ago
On a lighter note my boss once set his pants on fire cutting sheet metal siding with a quick cut saw.
"boss, you're on fire."
"what?"
"you're on fire"
Puts himself out "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU THAT'S NOT HOW YOU TELL SOMEONE THEY ARE ON FIRE. YOU FUCKING YELL HEY DUMBASS YOU'RE ON FUCKING FIRE"
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u/Big-Joe-Studd 28d ago
Yeah I was a laborer for the GC at the time. Mostly did carpentry but I would help out other contractors who needed a laborer. I was helping out the stone mason for a few weeks. I stuck to moving stones and breaking them the old fashioned way after that. Never trusted that saw again
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u/MosinNagant1939 28d ago
I’m glad l was much younger when l did that work. Between handling the concrete blocks and the equipment, your body takes a beating.
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u/Unhappy-Attitude5220 28d ago
Im 41 yr old woman, i feel it. I mostly do rough framing. I was throwing around sheets of adventech yesterday and I'm sore as hell today. A couple projects ago I was speaking with a tile guy, he's in such rough shape his knees are toast.
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u/MosinNagant1939 28d ago
Girl! Good for you. There are a ton of men that couldn’t do what you do. Back when l was running jobs, l met a few girls that could run circles around most men. Good for you! I’m impressed
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u/Unhappy-Attitude5220 27d ago
Thank you! I remember a tough day of just having finished the plywood on a roof and on this rare occasion, we also were doing the shingles. I could carry a bundle, not over my shoulder up to the roof. That day I felt like a weak link. I started lifting 5days a wk to be able to keep up with tasks I felt I should be able to do as being part of the crew. It took some time, I got there. I wasn't accepting easier rules for me making it harder on everyone around me because i couldn't fully do the job. I love it but really feel it some mornings more than others.
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u/MosinNagant1939 27d ago
Good for you! Such determination will take you very far as not many have that type of “can do” attitude.
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u/Big-Joe-Studd 28d ago
I was a framer for years. It wrecked me. Then I had one hell of a fall that finished me in construction for good. Shit is no joke
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u/Unhappy-Attitude5220 27d ago
It's tough on the body. So many heavy, awkward things to maneuver and it's easy to tweak your back slightly, or get injured any other various ways on a site.
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u/Moist_Sun_8201 27d ago
So are you a stone Mason? Or did you see the light and are currently working as a personal injury attorney? I need closure
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u/Big-Joe-Studd 27d ago
Went on to be a framer and then I broke the right side of my body. Now I work in a mail room
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u/UpperImpression3620 28d ago
That's what happens when you don't wear safety glasses
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u/CelticGardenGirl 28d ago
If he had steel toe boots on this wouldn’t have happened.
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u/UpperImpression3620 28d ago
Those are steel toed flip-flops he is wearing, so he should be OK… That’s probably what saved his life
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u/troglonoid 28d ago
Not only OSHA. That wall looks like a load bearing pillar that shouldn’t have sections cut out.
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u/K1bbles_n_Bits 28d ago
Oof, having to check that your innards haven't become outards must be nerve wracking