Two Years Ago Today

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, with respect to this thread **LINK**, (my post 14/2/2015) it is two years ago today (12/2/15) when I had the unfortunate incident which had my leg in a plaster for six weeks. Just thought that I haven't shown a photo of just where I landed. The first one shows where the panel in the catwalk fell out as I stood onto it, and the resulting hole that I fell through.

This second photo is area below the hole I fell through, and yes I was inside all of those wooden fenders this side and just to the right of the steel pillar. Luckily the river level was up to where the green moss is on the upright fenders.

Happy to say that my injury has fully recovered and that I received a very satisfactory compensation from the owners of the bridge. The photo below shows how far the river drops close to low tide, which is approx 6 meters beneath the catwalk.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 13/02/2017 00:32:14

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Ouch

On balance, I think you can count that as a very lucky escape, Nick.

MichaelG.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

It's better to be lucky than smart, glad you're still with us Nick

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I don't know what the fuss is about, Mario survives drops like that all the time

Seriously, I saw you at Harrogate(?) when you were recovering, it sounded like a very nasty thing to go through.

Neil

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, thanks for your concerns, however, I was not really phased by the ordeal and my workmates said that I was very calm about it, but I would not want to repeat the experience. The thing that p''''d me off mostly, was when I realised that I was in the river, but that of course was my saving grace. had the tide been very low or out, I think I would have had much more serious injuries and if the tide was going out and had only dropped as far as the horizontal beam that can be seen in the second photo, I think the current would have dragged me under the horizontal beam on the right and going towards the other side of the pillar which would have resulted in a number of different potentially disastrous scenarios, as it is a fast flowing river. The rescue boat that was on standby whenever we were working, was always moored about 100 meters away from where we were working, on the flow side, because of the speed that anybody who had fallen in, would have been carried by the current. It was still water when I fell in and I realise just how lucky my escape from very serious injury or worse, really was. The worst thing was having to depend on other people during the seven to eight weeks afterwards, taking me shopping or to social engagements etc. The best thing was being able to do a lot of research on my family tree, as I could not do much else, apart from watching TV and getting meals, which took a lot longer to do.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 13/02/2017 20:50:50

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