Jim
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I've been pretty fortunate in avoiding any major injuries while digging. A few minor finger and knuckle cuts are all I can recall. My digging partners have not always been so lucky. One of my buddies was digging in a dump with me and slashed his arm to the bone on a busted whiskey fifth. He ended up with stitches, but was more upset about having to quit digging early []
Another time, I was digging a dump on a high creek bank. The guy I was digging with had a cavernous hole going, with brick and rock rubble hanging over his head. I had no sooner suggested to him that he might want to clean out the overhang when he caught a falling brick right on the temple of his head [&:] It nearly knocked him unconscious, and he almost went for an unexpected swim in a cold creek. ~Jim
Another time, I was digging a dump on a high creek bank. The guy I was digging with had a cavernous hole going, with brick and rock rubble hanging over his head. I had no sooner suggested to him that he might want to clean out the overhang when he caught a falling brick right on the temple of his head [&:] It nearly knocked him unconscious, and he almost went for an unexpected swim in a cold creek. ~Jim