Last month, I was entirely working on a commercial boiler maintenance for work; but I was welding a current seam down the back side of the boiler.
I was sitting on the top of a ladder as well as I was reaching as high as possible; my partner was sitting at the bottom of the ladder making sure it was stable.
I was doing my best to stay balanced, but I got dizzy as well as fell. Even though our partner was at the bottom of the ladder, he could not do anything to help when I fell. I landed on our right arm as well as I heard a couple of the bones break. It sounded like they actually shattered. My partner took myself and others to the emergency room as well as both of us left a commercial boiler maintenance at once. I’ve never been dizzy on the job before, however the doctor at the emergency room said it was really due to looking up for a long period of time. My blood pressure was fine as well as our sugar levels were perfect, then the doctor ordered a couple of x-rays on our arm as well as it was broken in various locales. It was too swollen to put in a cast, as the doctor told myself and others that I will need surgery; after the surgery, I will be forced to stop commercial boiler repairs for at least numerous weeks. I have to stay at our condo as well as recover. I’m not looking forward to 6 weeks of sheer boredom, but I won’t be able to work my job without the use of our right arm. I still think it was foolish of me to lose my balance as well as causing all of this mess.