Fall update
I had another doctor's appointment today. Nothing much new except my kidney has stopped bleeding (good news). I also went back to the job site with Jimmy to take pictures for the report. This is where I fell.
I was standing on the top aluminum step of the ladder when I fell. I wound up face down just to the left of the gas meter. Of the available evil things for me to hit on the way down, the gas meter was by far the best option. They kinda get lost in the background but there are also two grounding rods sticking out of the ground. These are basically two 8 foot pieces of 1/4" rebar with a copper wire connecting them with the power meter. One is just to the left of the step ladder sticking about a foot out of the ground. The other is lost in the foliage just downhill from the gas meter. If I'd managed to hit either of these, they would have seriously fucked me up. I also managed to miss all the sharp corners of the framework. The fall and impact was still pretty bad but it could have been much, much worse.
Just for a little perspective. Jimmy is standing on the ground level I wound up on.
I was standing on the top aluminum step of the ladder when I fell. I wound up face down just to the left of the gas meter. Of the available evil things for me to hit on the way down, the gas meter was by far the best option. They kinda get lost in the background but there are also two grounding rods sticking out of the ground. These are basically two 8 foot pieces of 1/4" rebar with a copper wire connecting them with the power meter. One is just to the left of the step ladder sticking about a foot out of the ground. The other is lost in the foliage just downhill from the gas meter. If I'd managed to hit either of these, they would have seriously fucked me up. I also managed to miss all the sharp corners of the framework. The fall and impact was still pretty bad but it could have been much, much worse.
Just for a little perspective. Jimmy is standing on the ground level I wound up on.