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Comic in 4 Panels

Panel 1: A girl fallen to the floor screams holding up her hand to stop an object from falling on her as well.

Girl: AAA A A AA

Panel 2: A ladder falls onto a girl with a CLANK

Panel 3: The girl stares speechless at the ladder.

Girl: ……

Panel 4: the girl, bashful, pushes the ladder back

Girl: W-What are you doing- step ladder?

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  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
    7·
    2 days ago

    Whenever I’m out and about and see a worker on a step-ladder I always walk up to them and ask “Is this your step-ladder?”. They usually, hesitantly, answer “Yes”, and I respond with “Did you ever know your real ladder?”. Hilarity, groans, or an uncomfortable silence ensues, depending on the ladder user.

    • Ydna@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 days ago

      I teach an OSHA safety course and they have a statistic that 80% of workplace injuries are caused by slipping/tripping or ladders. There’s an entire chapter devoted to HOW to use all the myriad types of ladders safely… it’s actually pretty amazing that such a dangerous tool is sooooo common in everyday life. Injuries related to cuts from saws etc are kinda common but those are rarely life-threatening… falling from elevated height will wreck you!

      • greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        I worked as a metal roofer for a bit, ladders were the scariest part (okay unharnessed on a wet steel roof is scarier). But most of the injuries I saw were ladders. Like if we had the choice, climb up scaffolding or use a man lift.

      • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        on the slipping/tripping side, i am friends with someone who either is or used to be the world’s foremost expert on knocking over old people (she both loves and hates when i describe her PhD that way). like 2/3 falls are because of vision problems. keep your eyes healthy and your vision prescriptions as current as you can afford!

    • SpacePanda@mander.xyz
      33·
      3 days ago

      Everyone I’ve ever known who fell off a ladder no matter how high has gotten hospital hurt.

      6 different people btw

      • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
        11·
        3 days ago

        It’s a bit odd that you know so many people that have fallen off of ladders. I’m not saying it’s suspicious, but still, maybe someone ought to look into it.

      • thehatfox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        3 days ago

        I fell off a step ladder as a teenager and physically was only badly bruised.

        It has left me with a lifelong minor fear of ladders though.

      • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
        5·
        3 days ago

        Damn that’s brutal…

        I’ve jumped out of ladders as I’ve felt them starting to fall a couple of times, never more than like 2 metres high though, and it’s scary.

        I wouldn’t climb anything higher without strapping my self up to something, it’s just asking for a quick grave…

    • iamthetot@piefed.caEnglish
      18·
      3 days ago

      People don’t give falls the respect they deserve. I worked at a place that required fall-arrest harnesses for anything over 5 ft. It was a pain for sure, and people loved to bitch and moan, but a 5 ft fall can genuinely be deadly.

      • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        a 5 ft fall can genuinely be deadly

        Most adults are tall enough that their brain/head/face can get serious injuries in an uncontrolled loss of consciousness. Any additional height simply makes the fall harder to control and increases the energy that needs to be safely dispersed.

        Yes, even falls from household ladders are deadly serious.

      • Saapas@piefed.zipEnglish
        32·
        3 days ago

        That’s 1,5 meters? Lmao I’m surprised anyone followed that requirement

        • iamthetot@piefed.caEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          Place was extremely serious about safety requirements. You would have gotten fired quick if you didn’t follow it.

    • notthebees@reddthat.com
      9·
      3 days ago

      Agreed. My one friend’s dad fell off a ladder and landed on concrete. He had a lot issues as a result. I believe he recovered mostly from that before being diagnosed with really early pancreatic cancer (a year after the fall and was actually caught on a CT scan bc of the fall). He passed away a few months ago.

    • Zugyuk@lemmy.world
      41·
      3 days ago

      You think ladder accidents are bad… I’m still traumatized from when i searched “trampoline accident”. I can’t drive the 55 south because of it

    • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
      211·
      3 days ago

      That is 100% an old people worry. I often forget just hold old some folks on Lemmy are. You are right though.

      • ladicius@lemmy.world
        16·
        3 days ago

        Relative of mine dropped 3 meters down and since then is heavily disabled. Happened at the ripe old age of 8 years.

      • AppleTea@lemmy.zip
        13·
        3 days ago

        Falling down and landing head head first is lethal at any age. Ladders don’t even have to be a part of it, normal standing height can sometimes be enough. It happens more to older adults because they don’t have the speed or mobility to break their own fall, but it can kill a youngster too if they’re not careful.

      • Grass@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        3 days ago

        oh yeah just like getting shot at school. I used to worry about getting shot in the cross fire or ricochet of a bullied kid shooting the bully while I’m in the room but thats just becaue I’m old and I often forget hold old I is. We are all right thigh and young people wouldnp understamb

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    55·
    3 days ago

    (90s movie announcer voice)

    She, was just an innocent girl, trying to get a leg up on household chores…

    … but she never expected, to get tripped up, in a romance, of ethically dubious proportions…

    … coming, this summer…

    … April’s Spring Cleaning.

    (fade to black with movie title, with the sound of a squeaky ladder being folded and unfolded increasingly rapidly)

  • brsrklf@jlai.lu
    10·
    3 days ago

    Wait, the original was not in English? How would that pun work in any other language?

  • lyralycan@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    3 days ago

    Kept referencing this when I played Assassin’s Creed Origins. “What are you doing, (Djoser’s) step-pyramid?”