Whilst renovating my house, I had to remove the staircase leading to the basement in order to enlarge the kitchen. I had a large dumpster located in the backyard just below a window in the kitchen at the top of the landing.
Just as I finished tearing out the fir-monstrosity, my girlfriend at the time arrived unexpectedly to... Ahem. Anyway immediately after the business I grabbed an armload of refuse and strode to the window to dispose of the garbage... Only to step out into mid-air! I unwittingly twisted around in the air and landed on my back,wrestler style in the basement about 9 feet down.
Luckily, I had finished jack-hammering out the old concrete slab a week or two before and landed in just plain old clay soil, which was the only reason I was unhurt, except for a bit of sore shoulder.
Moral of the story:Mark off all fall-hazards on your work-site.
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