A Good Enough Reason to Wear Safety Boots - (slightly icky photo)

[Felder]

...or at least a closed-toe shoe. I was being lazy yesterday when I did this. Seems to be a common theme when an accident occurs...

I was moving a 3600x1800x18mm piece of particle-board with a mate. Real heavy bugger. We slid it along the 3600 edge for about 10m, and then needed to stand it on it's end for storage. I moved up to his end of the board as he started to lift it. I bent down to grab it from underneath, when he decided it was too heavy, so he dropped it.

On my toe.

From a height of around 200mm (approx 8")

I was wearing thongs.

I had leather sandshoes in the car.

The incident happened around three o'clock yesterday arvo. This photo was taken around 10.00 this morning. The thing is still bleeding, and my sixth dressing is about to be changed.

[ss_11000]

bloody hell brendan . you did a good job of it

[rrich]

Brendan,
I fell your pain all the way over here!

[Tex B]

Ouch.

That's why I like my steel caps.

Tex

[Groggy]

Ouch! Betcha danced for the boys over that one!

[DavidG]

Ouch
That is a job for Friar's balsam.
Will stop the bleed if you can stand the pain.
Think that the front part of the nail may have to go.

[Lignum]

Ahhhh Brendan thats just a scratch Here in Vic we will drop a board on our toe like that just for fun or if we are bored and want something to do

[bumnut]

Brendan
That is the ugliest toe I have ever seen, I would keep a shoe over it if I were you. (preferably steel cap)

[BobL]

Oooooo . . .. . .. my knees and ankles and toes all went kinda wobbly and jelly like when I read that post. Anyway, yhat'll help me to remember to put on my boots in future!

Cheers

[joe greiner]

Ow! That's gonna hurt for a while. Subject to your medico's advice, I'd tape the front part of the nail to its remnant until some of the remnant grows out.

Joe

[Rusty]

Time to get tougher mates. And wear the darn boots in future, you great duffer.

[Sir Stinkalot]

After all of that touchy feelie stuff the question everybody wants answered ......

Are the thongs ok?

[Felder]

Are the thongs ok?

Thongs are fine thanks. Still got a few good years in them. Perhaps I subconsciously thrust my toe under the board to save my thongs.....

Oh - and for the Seppos: The thongs I refer to are the open toed shoes AKA flip-flops AKA jandals (NZ). I was not making reference to my underwear, which, for the record, were boxer shorts, and are now slightly soiled.

[Pulse]

Hey brendan, you seen a doc yet?? You need a nail bed repair. The nail bed sits under the nail plate. When the nail plate is broken, the nail bed usually is too. If its not repaired you'll get a deformed nail.

You need a quick general anaesthetic, the nail plate is removed, the nail bed repaired and the nail plate is replaced. The nail plate will fall off but a new one will grow through in 6 months or so.

Cheers
Pulse

[Felder]

Hey brendan, you seen a doc yet?? You need a nail bed repair. The nail bed sits under the nail plate. When the nail plate is broken, the nail bed usually is too. If its not repaired you'll get a deformed nail.

Oh crud.

Is this true?

I saw a Doc so I could get painkillers, but he mentioned nothing about my bed of nails.....

Does anyone else know if this is true?? Terry B - I'm looking in your direction....