'I was crushed and suffocated in a conveyor belt work accident. Some have said my heart stopped momentarily. Seventeen days in the hospital and 13 surgeries so far from one fateful day.'
Gobalink / Getty Images/iStockphoto"In college, I once took a sleeping pill and started to choke on it. I then started laughing as I was choking because of the idea of my death being caused by a sleeping pill felt like peak irony.""I was crushed and suffocated in a conveyor belt work accident. Some have said my heart stopped momentarily. Seventeen days in the hospital and 13 surgeries so far from one fateful day.
I was bored and had nothing else to do, so at 10 a.m., I decided to do a bit of maintenance on the bit of conveyor that I was responsible for. I was supposed to have an HOUR to do a 10-minute job. Well, a temp employee didn't know any better and didn't make sure everyone was in the proper position when he was given the word. He started the system up with me lying on it.
I couldn't get out of the way; my arm was pinned behind me, so I had to snap my humerus to get out, which also tore my shoulder to shreds. Buuut...I couldn't get out from under the bar, and with every breath I took, it got tighter and tighter until I thought I was going to die. The last thing I remember thinking was,before I passed out and accepted dying. I have no idea how long I was under that bar, but I woke up to a friend/coworker slapping me in the face with my boss and another coworker over me. I looked around and said, 'Ok let's get back to work.' My boss simply said, 'Nah, man.
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