this happened 2 hours ago
I was at my granny-in-law's house removing a tree that fell over. After we finished I was clearing up the cable we had running from her basement to outside. her house has the storm doors to get into the basement (a bit like the door to get into the cellar of a pub so you can roll the barrels down. These things are made from steel and are heavy. I removed a block of wood from one side and started working on the other, only i left the first side up (I was tried and not thinking). Just as Granny said "watch the door, it might kill you" the thing fell. It missed my head by inches and just came to rest touching my shoulder. There's no doubt if I was standing over to the side a little more it would have killed me.
( bobzarkoff, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 21:26, Reply)