The following stories were transcribed from a health and Safety newsletter we receive here at the refinery: Surgeons in Phoenix reattached a 10-year-old boy's skull to his spine during a five hour operation following a traffic accident. Only muscle and ligaments held the head on after the accident, and even a one millimeter movement would have meant death, but the doctors predicted the boy eventually would walk out of the hospital. An 18-year-old girl was standing near the subway tracks in the 49th Street Station when she became dizzy and fainted. She fell into the path of a northbound BMT local, but fortunately landed between the rails and was left unscathed as two cars passed over her. She was treated at St. Clair's Hospital for shock. Recalling the accident in which he ran over his 18-month-old son Dewey with a 3-ton bulldozer, Melvin McCall 34, of Green Cove Springs, Florida, said, "His little eyes bulged out and he looked so flat. He just looked like he was spread out all over the ground." The nearby hospital termed Dewey's survival and recovery a "freak occurrence". While he was working in a schoolyard, custodian Michael Cahill heard a cry for help from across the street. He spotted 2-year-old Fred Speciali dangling by his fingertips from a second story window and dashed over just in time to catch young Speciali before he hit the concrete. The boy was reported to be uninjured. A 44-year-old man raised his hand and saved his life. The man told police officers that his wristwatch deflected a bullet that was aimed at his head. According to his story, three men had followed him as he left a bar. One threw a beer can in his direction, and another fired a close range shot at his head. The shot destroyed his $270 timepiece and injured his wrist. A group of five boys in Indian Harbor Beach, Florida, spent four days rescuing a kitten from a drainage pipe; finally capturing it by lowering fish tied onto a badminton net. The boys named the kitten "Baby Jessica Too". Forthman Murff, 74, managed to survive an accident in which his head was nearly severed, dangling only by his carotid arteries and his cervical spine, in Tupelo, Mississippi. He had fallen onto a chain saw but managed to throw off the saw, get up, drive to a hospital (despite a broken leg), and be treated within an hour of the accident. his windpipe and esophagus were cut clean through. A 28-year-old Tuscaloosa, Alabama, man was rescued after his automobile went out of control while crossing a railroad overpass and came to rest hanging off the bridge. The man was thrown from the driver's seat and miraculously saved by the "seat of his pants". When rescuers arrived, they found the frightened man dangling by the back of his pants which were snagged onto the underside of the car that hung precariously over the edge of the 60-foot railroad bridge. He was unhurt. A 2-year-old girl, left alone after inadvertently locking her mother out of their Harlem apartment, fell 10 stories and survived. While her mother was trying to reenter the apartment, the little girl fell out of the flat's window and into a clump of bushes 10 stories below. She was admitted to a Harlem hospital with only a broken ankle. A 5-year-old girl fell off a Ferris wheel in Mount Health, Ohio, but was saved when her father caught her. The accident took place while the father, Mack McAdams, waited for his two daughters, Rachel and Margot, to step off the ride. The operator had stopped the Ferris wheel and unfastened the safety bar when the ride suddenly started again, throwing the two girls off balance. The operator stopped the wheel, but not before the two girls were dangling from the ride. Margot managed to hang on, but Rachel fell - into the arms of her father. Doctors said the girl was high enough to have died if her dad hadn't caught her. ------------------ I always thought "With my talent, it's only a matter of time before I'm discovered". Now I think "With my talent, it's only a matter of time before I'm found out". [This message has been edited by Behad (edited May 25, 2001).]
What's this doing in a Health and Safety Newsletter? The articles appear to be more for "shock" value than for the purpose of dispersing information and/or safetly tips. I would expect something like this from one of those tabloids, but a safety newsletter???!!! I am never one of those who loses appetite from hearing/seeing/reading something disgusting, appalling, or just down right nasty. But I just didn't find my lunch to be that tasty anymore while reading this stuff. ------------------ Congratulations Bill!!!! Willoughby gets college degree Willoughby graduation video (In the "More highlights -> NBA" section)
Now that's one tough b*stard. You don't wanna mess with THAT guy. ------------------ All hail Fadeaway's Cyberfish -- your 2000-2001 BobFinn* Fantasy Basketball League Champions!
We get a variety of stuff here. This particular one is called "How to Educate and Influence: Strategies, Ideas, Facts, and Stories for Today's Safety & Health Professional". I received it while attending a seminar Thursday on how to give an interesting and effective safety meeting. I agree that there's not much posted here that can be useful in a health and safety environment. But I thought it was interesting enough for me to practice my typing skills in this forum. I mean, who doesn't like to hear about a guy who almost chops his own head off with a chain saw, but still manages to drive himself to the hospital? ------------------ I always thought "With my talent, it's only a matter of time before I'm discovered". Now I think "With my talent, it's only a matter of time before I'm found out". [This message has been edited by Behad (edited May 25, 2001).]
