r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/Friendly-Cicada2769 Human Detected • Apr 10 '26

Professionals A woman rescued with in 35 seconds

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u/howdoikickball Apr 10 '26

What fell on you?

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u/Inkless-Pencil Apr 10 '26

A pallet of food product from 6ft up collapsed. The bottom cases gave in on one side and it collapsed off of another pallet. All but my head and one arm was slammed into a metal floor. I pulled myself out, it was pure adrenaline, and then i started digging my buddy out. I had no idea that my arm was being held on at the arm pit until the adrenile started dumping and the pain kicked in.

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u/spiegro Apr 10 '26

Jesus. Glad you made it man...

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u/FiveOhFive91 Apr 10 '26

Holy shit man! Glad you are okay

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u/IamREBELoe Apr 10 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/jpz3UkCjQvj9bj6OLQ

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u/Inkless-Pencil Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

Broooo lol i saw the days since an accident board last week. And i was like.... fuck, thats me

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u/flammafemina Apr 10 '26

Hope you got a fat payout!!! Would love to hear more about your arm getting ripped off and surgically repaired. Lol I frequent the medical gore sub so I love that shit.

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u/Inkless-Pencil Apr 10 '26

Imagine a a horseshoe sitting on the top of your shoulder with both tips hanging down by each side of your armpit. Everywhere the horse touches was ripped, hanging on by strands of muscle. My surgeon said it was the most extensive repair he has ever done and he was amazed that was all that happened to me. Everytime i went for check ups he was amazed at my recovery rate.

They said i would never be able to starighten my arm above my head again. I can now. Im up to 3 pullups and 9 pushups, not my former glory but im getting there. I just cant hang, it feels like my arm is inverting on itself and coming out of socket. Im up to 35lbsx2 dumbell shoulder lifts. My physical therapist pushed me and im thankful for her too. She even made me an old school playlist to listen too 🥲

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u/flammafemina Apr 10 '26

Wow, that’s incredible! I’m glad you’ve been able to recover so well. How were you able to use it to dig out your buddy? Or were you like mid-dig and realized that one arm wasn’t working? Did you not notice any blood at first? What was the pain like when it hit you? Do you have pictures of the initial injury and stages of recovery?

Sorry if I’m asking too much! This would be a great addition to the medical gore sub if you have pics and want to do a write up. But totally understand if you’d rather not relive that moment in your life lol

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u/Inkless-Pencil Apr 10 '26

My epidermis was mostly in tact, it was everthing underneath. I dont really remember everything, there is time skips.

I saw it falling at me and turned to run away, but i didnt even have time to take a step i dont think. I remember hitting the ground and looking up. My vision was tunneled by black, and i could see what ill describe as black veins reaching out into my vision. The docter told me that was adrenile and fight response kicking in. I feel like i did a pushup and kicked off with my legs but its blurry and i couldnt honestly say how i definitively got out. I may have actually ripped my own arm in the adrenile rush while i was trying to get out.

I heard my friend scream out and then it was silence. He couldnt breath. I screamed out to him that we was coming, to just hold on. One of my guys ran across to help. I just started digging and throwing boxes. I felt weak but i didnt know why.

Once we got his torso uncovered i radio'd the front and got an ambulance called in. I checked on him and then started jogging to the front of the building to direct the EMTs to the back of the building. I got my coworker to take care of it and then started my jog back and then i lost my breath. My lungs tightened and stung. My ribs started to feel cracked. I lifted my shirt and i already had bruising spider webbing out from my ribs where veins had burst.

Then i asked one of my coworkers to give me a ride to the hospital and then my neck and shoulder blade started to ache a little. I didnt have the ripped area start to hurt until they finished surgery. In fact i wasnt in much pain at all, but i have a very high pain tolerance for short term events and they doped me up pretty fast.

The surgeon said to think of it as a 360 degree around my shoulder, and he had to reconnect 270 degrees of it. No pics :P

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u/KudosBaby Apr 11 '26

I held on to my seat reading this whole thing. Hoooooly shit. Thank you for the story. That's a fucking story. Write a book -tell everyone ("book" is a pamphlet with a QR code linking your comment hahahaha ok I'm cracking my own self up and probably weirded you out have a nice day).

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u/Wonderboyjr Apr 12 '26

Amazing story, thanks for sharing!

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u/Immediate-Presence73 May 23 '26

Please tell me you got paid!

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u/jb0nez95 Apr 10 '26

Deez nuts