by 3rdforum Sat 4 Jul 2020 - 18:46
We were doing that mega staircase today. the hall is double height with the upeer staircase wrapping around. Marcques was on top of my 8ft steps, holding onto a spindle while brushing in the detailing on another spindle. The one he was holding gave way and he went arse over head off the ladder. He hit the bannister and steps on way down and fell down half the stairs to the floor. I nearly broke my feckin neck trying to get down to him as fast as I could. He was on his feet by the time I got to the bottom holding out his arm and roaring , and I mean ROARING at me to pull. He had dislocated his shoulder and wanted me to pop it back in while he was still in shock. I yanked his arm 3 times and voia!!Feckin awful sound that shoulder going back in. ANd he sprained his wrist. While he was walking around , still in shock, he knocked over a can of white spirits, a bottle of meths and a paint kettle of satinwood. "FFS, I said, is there anything you dont want to knock". There was an empty paint can near me so I booted it for effect
. Turns out it wasn't empty and i splashed paint all over the wall.
. Anyway, the man is a feckin animal. He was a lucky boy today though!