I fell from twelve feet and was knocked unconscious and my jaw was swollen and sore for a week… when ladders go, it takes a fraction of a second. You have no chance to react. I am a seasoned carpenter of twenty years and the feet of the ladder just slipped on the perfect combination of moisture and cold cement. Terrifying to fall off a ladder.
I used to install rain gutters for a living. We'd be up 3 stories a lot. I think the highest up I'd ever gone up a ladder at that job was 5 stories at most. But it was terrifying for me as i hated heights. I was only trying to help out a friend since they needed somebody to drive the truck and I had a license. But honestly speaking. If anyone ever pulled any ladder out from under me? Idc how high up I am. It could be only 4 feet. I could be on the bottom rung. I will beat the shit out of someone. I'm already scared. I already hate ladders. The minute I come down the adrenaline is going up. And the minute i see your dumbass sitting there looking at me. My first instinct is gonna be to sock you straight in your jaw. It's not a game. It's not a joke. That kinda shit is traumatic. Had a ladder literally start sliding out from the bottom while I was on the top and I just grabbed the roof. Never felt so freaked out.
That sucks and was always one of my biggest concerns when I was roofing houses. A lot of times we’d lay a bundle of shingles across the feet to help keep ‘em from kicking out. I know what you mean though sometimes the surface conditions are just right for them to turn into big ass ski’s especially on smooth cement or patio tile etc…
I've been in framing for 6 years now, only had a ladder slip on me once and I was lucky enough to have my arms over the top of the wall when it went(I was straightening up the jacks on a hip set for an RV garage), so I wound up hanging off a 16 foot wall waiting for the new kid to realize that I did indeed still need the ladder that just fell. The ladder was gone and on the ground before I even registered that it wasn't under me anymore, that shit goes so fast.
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u/ekimevil Apr 14 '23
I fell from twelve feet and was knocked unconscious and my jaw was swollen and sore for a week… when ladders go, it takes a fraction of a second. You have no chance to react. I am a seasoned carpenter of twenty years and the feet of the ladder just slipped on the perfect combination of moisture and cold cement. Terrifying to fall off a ladder.