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Pinjuries- Pinball Injuries

By Shredso

5 years ago



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    #1 5 years ago

    I worked in a relatively dangerous commercial construction job for years. Luckily no major injuries, we'll see in 25 years when all the asbestos and silica sets in. Anyway, I always seem to bust myself up working on guitars and pinball machines. Typically nothing major, but laughable because of the things I survive daily. I gouged my head good today working on an old Gottlieb EM. Luckily my kid saw the whole thing and couldn't wait to tell my wife. I got some weird metal splinter tonight as well. Metal splinters are no joke. I've missed work from an awful infection from metal splinters. I feel like every other string change on a guitar I'm bleeding all over the place. Again, minor injury, but funny. I've likely changed strings on a thousand guitars over the last 30 years, it used to be part of my job. How about some funny pinball injury stories....

    #2 5 years ago

    There is at least one thread aboot this already here on pinside.

    #3 5 years ago

    Was working between a couple of pins in the basement not being careful in the back box of my WCS94 and electrocuted myself pretty good. Was pinned between the WCS and my Fathom, was probably the only thing that kept me on my feet... couldn’t feel my arm for about 15 minutes. Wife thought it was pretty funny... I however did not. That had to be 15 years ago, I’m more careful now.

    #4 5 years ago
    Quoted from MrBally:

    There is at least one thread aboot this already here on pinside.

    Ouch! The truth hurts.

    #6 5 years ago
    Quoted from TractorDoc:

    Ouch! The truth hurts.

    Maybe I'll start a thread called "Pinside Injuries."

    #7 5 years ago

    gave myself a nasty turf toe like injury moving a lazerball a year or two ago. Hard dolly wheels didnt want to go over the back door threshold. Jerked hard and it came through quick. The kick bar on the dolly bent my big toe backwards. Turned black and blue and swelled up. Could hardly walk for a week and took months to fully heal.

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    #8 5 years ago

    I was working on my Rawhide last night. Had the playfield leaned back against the backbox at too shallow an angle. It fell down right on top of my head. Of all the places to make contact, the flipper coil bracket lands square on the top of my head like a tiny axe! It left a 1.5 inch gash in my head and lots of blood on the floor. It just looks like a scratch in the photo, but it is pretty deep. Lesson learned!

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