We lost a guy at work yesterday

[mountain muscle]

Not a great way to start the day.

Some hunters came and woke us up about an hour after we had gotten to sleep to tell us they found a truck wrecked at the bottom of the hill and the guy was still inside.
Apparently, the hand was running late to work and went off the side of the road. His truck dropped about 25 feet before hitting the ground and rolling a good 75 feet to a stop.
Guess who got to go check to see, by some miracle, if he was still alive?
The top of the truck was crushed down until about 6 inches from the door. I found him on the passenger side (no seat belt) partially squeezed out of the window.
I won't go into details about how he looked, let's just say he was pretty messed up. Not a good image in your head first thing in the morning. I had to lay flat and reach in to check his pulse. Nothing. He was cold as ice.
His neck was certainly broken and there was blood splattered against the driver's side window.
I sincerely hope he was at least knocked unconcious before the end and he didn't have to sit there in the cold all night barely alive. It sucks to see someone like that after talking to him not 12 hours ago. Changes your outlook a bit.

 

[cutiepie04]

I am sorry to hear about that. It had to be awful for you.

 

[gonelifting]

Damn.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

that sounds terrible, but...why did you have to go, and not the fire department, or something?

 

[mountain muscle]

The wreck was about 1 mile from our location, which is about 75 miles from the nearest town. We are in the badlands in North Dakota. We were closest to the accident. No one else wanted to check on him. I could not have just let him wait there for nearly 2 hours and later found out he still had a pulse.

 

[Razorguns]

Oh shit. I'm sorry. That's gotta be devastating mentally.

Don't they have steel barreirs on those curves to *prevent* cars from going over the sides? They do all over the place here in california.

I feel real sorry for his family. It always crushes me to think somewhere someplace -- some family is about to get a phone call.

 

[jerseyart]

Fuck.

Sorry bor.

I saw a guy cut in half on a construction site once. Its surreal.

 

[mountain muscle]

RG,

These are just dirt roads cut to access rig locations. Some can get a bit hairy.

 

[*MissFit*]

Ur a good guy to do that

 

[Lady Viking]

I´m sorry to hear that. It had to be terrible

 

[gymrat]

why didn't the hunters check him when they found him?

 

[Spartacus]

that sounds terrible, but...why did you have to go, and not the fire department, or something?

or me

 

[GoldenDelicious]

The wreck was about 1 mile from our location, which is about 75 miles from the nearest town. We are in the badlands in North Dakota. We were closest to the accident. No one else wanted to check on him. I could not have just let him wait there for nearly 2 hours and later found out he still had a pulse.

well thats fucked. thinking about it, i bet i would be the one doing it also

your company should pay for counselling. go to it, even if you think nothing is wrong. some people are impacted and dont realise

cheers

 

[Wynn]

Condolences MM. Which part of ND are the badlands?

 

[Spartacus]

what's really cool is picking up the litter after someone has collided with a semi head-on
or crossed the interstate in a head-on
or left the road at 180 in a Ferrari

 

[EnderJE]

I have this friend who's a paramedic. About two years ago, she spent some time in counselling. I never bothered to ask her why. Then one day she told me.

Apparently, there's this rule that says if the head is completely severed, the paramedic (usually the junior one) on the scene is required to give mouth to mouth.

One day, her and her partner (the senior one) came across a suicide victim (shotgun blast). The head was attached by a sliver of skin. By law, she gave mouth to mouth and then spent the next few months with a counsellor.

We're eating a the Golden Griddle as she's telling me this and ends the conversation with "are you going to finish those eggs?" Suffice it to say, I wasn't.

 

[BradG]

I'm sorry to hear that man. I hope you're dealing with it well.

 

[Whiskey]

Sorry to hear bro. I've went biking out that way several times, the roads are as he says too

Whiskey

 

[biteme]

Sorry to hear that C. Things like that do change your perspective.

 

[Testosterone boy]

well thats fucked. thinking about it, i bet i would be the one doing it also

your company should pay for counselling. go to it, even if you think nothing is wrong. some people are impacted and dont realise

cheers

The worst mistake I ever made was getting some counseling.


Why do people think that counseling will make things better?


Ya'lls perspective on life differs greatly than that of the wilderness roughneck. Those guys eat nails when the food supply runs low.

 

[Dial_tone]

That's too bad. In college a guy I ran track with fell asleep at the wheel driving back to Atlanta for work. He had a leg amputated so his track career was over but he stayed in school and stayed positive.

 

[mountain muscle]

Thanks everyone for the support and kind words. I am doing fine, really. I learned to accept my own mortality a long time ago. Still it has been on my mind since I drive by the spot every day. The one thing that sticks out in my mind is the strange silence. Things seemed too quiet and still. This has just made me realize what is important to me and to take stock in my own life.
Hope you all have a great day and be careful.

 

[DIVISION]

Thanks everyone for the support and kind words. I am doing fine, really. I learned to accept my own mortality a long time ago. Still it has been on my mind since I drive by the spot every day. The one thing that sticks out in my mind is the strange silence. Things seemed too quiet and still. This has just made me realize what is important to me and to take stock in my own life.
Hope you all have a great day and be careful.

^^^Same to you, bro.

Appreciate what you have.




DIV