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Yeah. Ouch.
The inspection of the stone prior to cleaning requires you to touch it. Push on it, shake it, and attempt to move it. Required. Because of this kind of thing.
This is more common than you probably realize and this guy is lucky- it could have been his head.
See the stones in the back leaning forward? That's the first and only clue you need.
originalhuman
Did it break his leg?
TakuanSoho
CountDookie23
Did you get compartment syndrome in your leg??
Lowland
Dear lord, that does not look comfy. I wish you a good recovery
WhiteRhino723
We're just going to ignore the dick drawing on the stone?
Bob122872
Thank you!!
HearMeFart
Same reason you shake a car on jackstands before you get underneath it. It sucks if it falls down but it'll suck a lot more if it falls on you.
Ambipolar
A child around here was crushed to death playing in a cemetery. Then the cemetery folk around the country started checking stones and laying down the ones that weren't fixed.
Waschbaerkoenig
His head... like in 11:14?
bfreeze01
The real danger of this kind of injury is compartmentalization syndrome. The crushed limb loses circulation and lactic acid starts to build up in the tissues. When the crushing component is removed circulation restores and that built up lactic acid rushes your heart and can cause cardiac arrest. Should tourniquet the limb before removing the stone and rush to a hospital. Have sodium bicarb IV ready to treat.
somnif
The yellow-white box in the last pic appears to be bicarb, so the EMTs knew their business.
bfreeze01
Looks like it. Also good use of cribbing by Fire. Raise an inch crib an inch. Looks like a well executed save all around.
OneMoreLime
Well if it falls on your head at least you came to the right place…
PandAnomoly
I... You... Hm. Has anyone seen the move "11:14"?
echonite
Save your family money on your death with this one easy trick! Undertakers hate them.
Sh4d0wM4nt1s
Gotta love a little dark humor. XD
JakeMcAwesome
A rather literal interpretation of 'headstone'. I suppose you could say it's on the nose.
axelmorningwood
Are we all not commenting on the carved penis?
Zucr
Some real horny haunting.
NZSheeps
He was trapped and bored. Cut him some slack
Hendlton
It's just bird poop.
fl3d3rk4tz3
In first grade a girl could not start with us at first day in school. In Summer she *played* on the graveyard while visiting with her mother and a tombstone fell on her leg and broke it. Didn't understand the stupidity then and now.
SnoopyDancing
the local cemetery had a headstone fall over on the groundskeeper's grandson (dont remember the age maybe 2-4?) while the dad and granddad did some work.
CakeShapedPie
Similar advice for a vehicle up on jack stands. Push and shake ut. You will prefer it falling off now to it falling off when you are under it
Hendlton
I despise jack stands. I've only had to get under a vehicle like that a couple times and each time I pushed it around as hard as I could, but I still felt uneasy under there. I don't get how some people even think about getting under a car only supported by a scissor jack.
SumOneElse
My dad used to put wood blocks under the tires when he was working on cars in the driveway to backstop the jackstands.
oldguyexlurker
I also like to place any wheels I've taken off it under there. Just a bit of gap that might come in handy.
rezexelon
This....Every single time I do work on jacks I stick the wheels straight under it. I've got 265/55/r20's so fairly big wheels --- I'd be hurt but I could wiggle free or probably not die.
IHaveGreatKittenRecipes
I've seen that trick legit save a motherfucker's life. Granted, he was a dumbass for lifting the car with a manky old hydraulic and no stand, but at least he had the thought to put the tires under.
abelincolnismykitty
Do you want rhabdo? Because this is how you get rhabdo.
YesImADogPerson
Did he lose his leg?
metalrulercid
Wow... Was the guy OK?
youlovemeyouhateme
I had one tip over on me when I was maybe 9 or 10. Pinned my leg to the ground. It was smaller than the one pictured but it took 3 grown men to pick it up. I didn't have a scratch on me. Not even a bruise that I recall.
drGrafenberg
Good on the Reservists for coming to the rescue.
Also, were there no adults there to guide the children?
Rusarules
Touch it, push it, shake it, put it in a stew.
Springchikun
The penis everyone sees is bird poop which was only partially dry, mostly around the edges when it must have been flung off. Still amazing, lmao
ElbowDeepinaTinyOctopus
My mind goes to Breaking Bad, and THAT scene.
oldpotatoes
What the actual fuck?! I had no idea those things were that heavy.
Zeckenschwarm
Last year I helped move a gravestone that was about half that weight. It fell and I managed to pull my fingers out from under it with barely a few millimeters to spare before it hit the ground. I'll try not to be that careless again with that kind of weight. 10 is a good number of fingers to have.
MADchemEE
Base 12! Base 12!
thehappyrunner
I had a friend at work with a missing finger and the story "dropped a house on it" with no other details. Worst I've dropped on myself during demolition is a staircase.
Zeckenschwarm
Maybe your friend was formerly known as the Wicked Witch of the East?
KileyBarker
Probably jacking a foundation and a jack slipped while their hand was in a compromised position.
thehappyrunner
Kind of what I always assumed. Easy enough to happen, unfortunately.
TheDoctorIsInside
One might say he had a foot in the grave.
fastjeff
That leg is unnaturally blueish.
017renegade
Uhm...
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
He really cocked up his leg
017renegade
lazybuthappy
Reminds me to that old video where a boy kicks a cracked concrete brick in a wall until it breaks and his foot gets trapped
spookyu
Not 100% certain, but I've encountered similar looking construction as a road noise barrier that was actually made of some kind of coated fibrous material (I assume wood or pulp) coated in some kind of latex looking paint. They look almost exactly like concrete until you get up close. They still aren't light, but they weigh a lot less than concrete, not sure if this might be a similar construction.
certainlynotaserialkiller
That was a good one. I had the version with angry eyes as a avatar back then.
MrWobblyHead
Concrete gravel board to give it the proper name. Often used in UK fencing with a wooden panel above it, as the gravel board keeps the wood off the ground. Sometimes used just on their own as a more solid barrier.
CaldariBob
I never knew your shin could compress like that without being severed.
InkGoat
Bold of you to assume that it wasn't severed.
transhumanisticrecluse
you probably could make fine china with his shin bones.
transhumanisticrecluse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_ash#Bone_china
relsky
Oh, goodness. I had no idea which specific video the commenter above you was talking about until I read your comment... now I wish I hadn't.
KiyaSeraphia
Honestly, I've always assumed he lost that foot. If not immediately, then eventually. Would be glad to be wrong but it looked bad
MrWobblyHead
I found this thread about it. Multiple sources suggest that he didn't lose his foot.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/s/Zt7ySlnMmB
SmilinSloth
They will save the foot most of the time if it still has proper blood flow. Doesn't have to move or anything but as long as it's not gangrene amputation is avoided. After my femur fracture my leg is all but dead and 3 toes still have blood flow but no feeling and they won't cut it off because that's worse
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
Not from being trapped but I have completely nonfunctional leg that can only lightly sense touch and twitch. They will not cut that off either.
SmilinSloth
If your older too they will be less likely too, of course they try to save it but a younger person will adapt better then older people to missing a limb.
Ilikestyx
Any broken bones?
MichaelLC
No, thankfully they were 6ft under.
tombeithemist
Not sure if amputation for young man was necessary, according to the groundskeeper, but he added the outlook was grave.
cousteau
Now listen here,
ThisIsWhereTheWildThingsAre
Not a doctor* some medical knowledge though. Sodium bicarb is what you'd give in the event if prolonged crushing syndrome cause the dead cells will go back to heart or something. Fire department was lifting an inch and cribbing and inch like it's the fire academy (safety first) which is a slower process as far as getting equipment there and deployed anyways too
Springchikun
Broken foot and apparently some torn knee ligaments.
ruint
and a dead leg
artistandascholar2000
It will rise from the grave!
Smayds
And transform into a sick-AF muscly animalman?
LumpPump
https://tenor.com/view/luffy-monkey-d-luffy-zombie-go-back-go-away-gif-12334374
HeadJamistan
I was gonna ask about crush syndrome but someone else did.
diezl97
They gave him bicarb and calcium chloride based on the medical litter there so they did the crush syndrome protocol. Wonder how long he was stuck for? Definitely going to be in the hospital a few days to watch for rhabdo and kidney failure in addition to the traumatic injuries. Hopefully he doesn't lose the leg.
mikeatike
Fortunately it's a highly populated area with major hospitals 10 minutes away.
mikeatike
And it looks like it was a presentation with other people there.
diezl97
As long as those hospitals have a trauma center since that's going to need major surgical intervention to save the limb
mikeatike
All three of the level 1 trauma centers in western PA are 10 mins away from that cemetary.
UnitConversionBot
1,400lb ≈ 635 kilograms or 100 stone or 7.94 washing machines
capnadorable
How many football fields and bald eagles is that? I’m American.
WeKillTheLaderlappen
Using Wikipedia and a very helpful Reddit post I can translate to: 1) almost exactly 100 bald eagles; or 2) 0.06692371274293676% of a football field.
certainlynotaserialkiller
But howmany football fields is it?
CincoProductsINC
Tennis courts?
Draygen
25.45 Poodles
gummyloaf
No I’m pretty sure that’s 1 stone
blueKD
I got this screenshot ready to go before I understand the joke, but how I'm too invested so I'm posting it anyways
mikeatike
How many stones is one stone sounds like some kind of Factorio recipe.
sst05665
=5,200 Royales with cheese
johnxbear
~4480 bananas.
Psiberdragon
Exactly the question I was going to ask.
DrMoneybeard
Speak English - how many half-giraffes?
Thargrid
African or European washing machines?
beaverusiv
Basically a horse. Imagine lifting up a horse
FriskyDolphin
My horse is 15,000 pounds
Eroen0
There's no way she can be that much..
Eroen0
Yes, this is relatable. Now excuse me while I take my pet monkey Mr. Nilsson and my friends Tommy and Annika with me to go buy the entire stock from a candy store with some of the gold coins from the chest my father left me before he got lost at sea and became king of a South Sea island.
MidasTheAlchemist
Thank you for the American conversion. I also would have taken 1/2 filled bath tubs, 4x4 crates of counterfeit Nickelback CDs, or bricks of cocaine.
LadyNetrex
What kind of washing machine is that heavy? A car washing machine?
onlyhalfghost
a pretty normal one, at around 70 kilograms
LadyNetrex
I think the ones in your country are quite a lot heavier than those here in Norway. I guess yours vibrate less.
onlyhalfghost
there's often a literal weight added to suppress vibration.
Eroen0
Anything with a built-in centrifuge will be heavy, with concrete ballast added to prevent it from moving around with an unevenly distributed load. I estimate the ones I have moved were around 50 kg, also in Norway.
Eroen0
The first washer Elkjøp currently wants to sell me is the "Electrolux Vaskemaskin EW6F5549E4" at 75.5 kg (possibly including some packaging).