ThePhantomFlanFlinger Posted August 18, 2012 #1 Share Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) A 24-year-old construction worker survived after a 6-foot metal bar fell from above and pierced his head, doctors said Friday. Luiz Alexandre Essinger, chief of staff at Rio de Janeiro's Miguel Couto Hospital, said doctors Ahh..ive had bigger splinters... ... Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz23sskIdXH Edited August 18, 2012 by BrianPotter 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemonix Posted August 18, 2012 #2 Share Posted August 18, 2012 It's good that he survived, but it would have been better if the accident never happened to begin with. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunn Posted August 18, 2012 #3 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Ouch-Ouch-Ouch...OUCH! Damn that had to hurt! After that, I think I would have my next hardhat made out of concrete. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemonix Posted August 18, 2012 #4 Share Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) 'He was holding it and his face covered in blood. His look was as if nothing had happened. When he arrived he told the doctors he wasn't feeling anything, no pain, nothing. It's unbelievable.'Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz23t9ZvD1i Wasn't that bad apparently I heard that the brain doesn't feel pain, so I suppose that was some help. Edited August 18, 2012 by Lrak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunn Posted August 18, 2012 #5 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Wasn't that bad apparently I heard that the brain doesn't feel pain, so I suppose that was some help. Oh I read that...just can't believe it though. Must've felt something, at least maybe a little skull pressure or some erratic twitching. I dunno know....something. But I guess if he didn't he didn't, it's a miracle is all I can say. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizoidwoman Posted August 18, 2012 #6 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I bet that made his eyes water! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted August 18, 2012 #7 Share Posted August 18, 2012 He's very lucky to have survived that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healeybhoy Posted August 18, 2012 #8 Share Posted August 18, 2012 OUCH!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizoidwoman Posted August 18, 2012 #9 Share Posted August 18, 2012 He's very lucky to have survived that. I'm amazed that he did! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent D. Scully Posted August 18, 2012 #10 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Reminds me of Phineas Gage, except this guy still has his left frontal lobe in tact. Anyways, this has to be the luckiest man ever. Hopefully there are no complications and all goes well for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddyScienceTeacher Posted August 19, 2012 #11 Share Posted August 19, 2012 This strange story makes a dozen jokes come to mind, but it seems a bit too easy to write any of them. Of course, I am amazed the man is alive and able to think but... Did it blind his third eye? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKO Posted August 19, 2012 #12 Share Posted August 19, 2012 There's been a few stories like this now. Construction sites can be very dangerous. I heard one story a while back, a guy was standing on top a step-ladder, when he lost his balance and fell face first onto a 2m long steel rod sticking out of the ground. It went through his eye and out the back of his head, and he was now impaled on this rod. Another construction came across him and had to use a grinder to cut the rod and get him to the hospital. He ended up surviving with no major long term damage. - I just tried finding the source to the story, but after searching in Google, I found dozens of stories like this but not the one I was looking for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds Posted August 19, 2012 #13 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I have worked in construction on and off for about 8 years, and i've seen some bad accidents, but this... Wow. Even if he wasn't feeling pain, surely you would have to panic a bit with a rod sticking out of your head. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csspwns Posted August 20, 2012 #14 Share Posted August 20, 2012 probably exaggerated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted August 20, 2012 #15 Share Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) Why is it always "man survives this" or "man survives that"? Why not " 6-foot metal rod survives five story fall" or "Nail heroically survives 12 hours in a mans skull"? I need to sleep.... Edited August 20, 2012 by Imaginarynumber1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alliex Posted August 23, 2012 #16 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Ouch, I'm getting a headache just reading that lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tx-Perkyness Posted August 30, 2012 #17 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Id sure be panicking, I'll admit enough to do something stupid like try an pull it out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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