car repair safety

[Per Lindgren]

  I read an article in the paper here where a guy got trapped under his
Volvo 245 while oing some exhaust work. He managed to lift the car with
his arms (!) and his wife later drove him to the emergency medical
center. He had severla broke ribs and partially collapsed lungs. The
worst thing was that the doctor didnt examine him thoroughly and
tightened some bandages around his chest. A nurse there was fairly
awake, gave him some oxygen just as the ambulance arrived, where they
reacted quickly and rushed him to hospital in Oslo. The thought of
incompetent doctors is frightening!

PerL

auditude at get.net wrote:

>I've noticed an increased amount of news shows on TV reporting
>people getting trapped under their cars while working on them.
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>One just this past week, had a woman lifting a full sized van off of
>her pinned husband, with her bare hands.
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>Another showed a guy who's face was all swollen from being
>pinned.  I remember thinking that there seemed to be more cases
>of this lately.
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>Paranoia is a good thing when working with lifting cars springs
>under tension.  Eye protection is important too.
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>Be safe,
>
>Ken
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