Re: Real men with out fingers or limbs?
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 04-05-2018 - 15:14
Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> In those pre-workmens comp days, a severe injury
> would put a man out of work with little recourse.
> At least railroads did often assign injured train
> crewmen to jobs like crossing guard tender. Once
> met a 'bo in Yuma who had been riding the rails
> for years. He used to be an underwater welder on
> oil rigs in the Gulf. He was working when his air
> supply failed and he suffered a collapsed lung.
> The guy could no longer work and never received a
> dime from the oil company.
Worked with many “old school” crane operators that were missing bits of fingers and wore hearing aids from running the old friction rigs.