Broke an ankle at work, Eneabba sand mine in WA. I was heading from the processing plant control room to the train load out silos and fell, crawled over the track, climbed a ladder and started loading the train until help could arrive. Was afternoon shift so not many around, had to wait until the next day for someone to drive me to Dongara's 2 bed hospital where it was declared broken and plaster applied. I was a bit worried about the age of the x ray machine as everyone had to leave the building so I probably had a 10 year does in one go.
Back to work with the wet plaster and not a lost time injury how good is that, I tell whiners today when they want a day off unless their neck is broken they can come to work thanks and tell them my broken bone story.
The above was in 1991, trouble with an ankle is it still swells up today if I push it too hard, like a Irish Coffee bar crawl up and down the hills of San Francisco.
I did do a wrist at the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney, you should have seen the other bloke, but that story can be for another time.
Matt
The surgeons and Physio did a great job - years later I've just averaged walking 9.5k's/day over 30 days around Europe and we're all set to tackle Machu Picchu in May.
