Detailing injuries?

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not7fifteen

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So I've skinned a knuckle or cut a finger once or twice but yesterday took the cake...



Detailing the doorjambs of a 01 Buick LeSabre and I jerked my arm back and clocked my elbow on the edge of the back door. Now this felt like a real bad funnybone shot at first combined with a horrible charlie horse, but then the pain wasn't fading at all...



Went inside to take a break and put some ice on it. Hurt all night last night and didn't get much sleep so I went to the doctor today to have it looked at. Said I bruised the bone and caused a stress fracture!



Of all things who messes their self up like this detailing cars!? Pretty sad huh?
 
anything can happen. i've hurt myself a couple times and some weren't pretty. but having to go to the doctor is pretty bad. hope you get better.
 
I've hurt my back before from bending/stooping over for to long . . . actually was flat on my back in the garage the damn thing hurt so bad.
 
Mostly cuts and scrapes and sunburns. Nothing major yet (knocks on wood).



I've learned to be a lot more careful around edges that aren't rolled (Ford :furious:).
 
Nothing other than the occasional cut or scrape (damn Mustangs :angry ).



AppliedColors said:
I hyperextended my elbow picking up my wallet filled with detailing riches...

















Don't I wish.
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Don't we all wish!!!!! :D
 
So far I have been pretty careful on the cars I worked on. I have jammed my hand into the seat rails a few times vacuuming the floorboard. I did fall off the top of a 6' ladder polishing the roof of a GMC conversion van. I just got up and went back to work. But so far no major injuries.
 
I have sliced my hands when cleaning under seats, around exhaust pipes and under the hood. I have a bad ankle from an old basketball injury in college, and it will start hurting after 10 hours or so of detailing.
 
Have a scar from getting cut by the plastic cover thing when I went to get to my California water blade.
 
Well after replying in this thread I:



1. Banged my head twice getting in and out of the Cutlass I worked on today

2. Jammed the bottom edge of the door into my shin.



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