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It hurts!! I found out yesterday at work what happens when you hit yourself with a hammer at almost full stroke on your thumb.  I’m still trying to figure out how heavy the hammer is but it’s a big Ball-Peen Hammer. I use it to stamp numbers on the work piece I am working on.  What work you say.? well I am A Steel Fabricator Apprentice currently in my 3rd of 4 levels of Classes of which I need to successfully complete 600 hours and 6400 Shop hours. Anyway here I was almost done the current piece i was working on and one of the final things we do is Stamp the part number and Job number on the top Left-Hand side of the piece to make it easier to identify when it is all painted and ready for shipping.

When I first struck my finger I almost thought nothing of it as I have hit myself many times… unfortunately not quite like this time though. I had on my gloves and I almost continued working but something told me to have a look before I continued. So I removed my glove and WOW!! where’d all the blood come from.? I grabbed the nearest rag I could find to wipe up all the blood and I went looking for the first aid attendant.  He saw me and asked what happened I explained best i could and we continued into the First Aid room where he cleaned and dressed the wound and decided it looks worse than it initially did and i would need to to go the hospital and get some stitches. 

My main concern was my tools not my thumb,  I had many of them out and I wanted ot make sure they were all put away before I left to the hospital.  So I quickly put away the tools and locked my tool box as I anticipated being in the Emergency Ward of Surrey Memorial Hospital for 4-5 hours waiting inline to be treated.  Jesse (A fellow Employee) drove me to the emergency room and I was amazed at how quick I was looked after. Sure I had to wait a few minutes here and a few at the next stage but where I thought it would be wait times in hours… it was no more than 2-4 minutes to get someone looking after me.  I went into the Minor Treatment Center or something to that effect and there I was given some forms to fill out and was sent to get some X-Rays taken.  The X-rays took no more than 5 minutes to get 3 X-Rays done and it’s all digital imaging now goes straight to a computer screen.  Once back from the X-Rays I was taken into a room and told I also had a hairline fracture so not surprised at the results of my ingury.  I laid down on a bed and the doctor came in and stitched me up.  I had 4 stitches was cleaned up and all bandaged up and on my way within an hour of arriving at The Emergency Ward.

Here is a pic before the stitches to get an idea of the wound I have more pictures but they didn’t come out too great I will Post more tomorrow but for now have a look. this was taken with my Phone.

After the Stitches… best I could do with my cell….

OK now I know how to do the Youtube thing too!! whoo hoo!! isn’t that yummy??