Work Safety
Current Mood:
Angry
My husband called me about 3am to let me know his hand had been caught in the printing machine at work. Talk about screaming fear. Hand injuries are *painful* and I should know. I have a plastic knuckle myself. He said he didn’t think anything was broken, but I still insisted on taking a cab (we have just the one car) to the hospital to meet him.
Firstly, I was amazed to find that the cab had an atm debit swipe IN the cab. Here I was thinking madly about where the closest bank machine was. It wasn’t a problem. Circle Cab in Whitby, ON has debit machines btw. Anyhow, the 2nd amazing thing was how quickly my hubby was seen. He had called me at 3am, and we are now back home at 5am.
Long story short, he has not broken anything, according to the x-rays. But we are to make sure he follows up with our regular doctor within 48 hours. Soft tissue damage to his wrist and index/middle fingers and knuckles. Thankfully nothing too serious. But it sure could have been worse.
Personally, I’m beyond livid. I *know* my husband’s place of work is slack with safety. And sure enough, the folder slot (whatever it’s technically called I haven’t a clue) was reported faulty 3 weeks ago. Of course it’ll be fixed NOW. I’m fuming. Things better stay ok with my hubby’s hand too. Or they may yet hear from me and a lawyer.
Union shop, slack safety and guys who should be retired but aren’t. It’s enough to give me nightmares. My hubby is a printer and those machines are HUGE. Those machines can take a man’s hand or fingers in seconds. Freaks me right out.
But hubby is OK. Thank gawd.
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