I just got traumatized from work
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
Calgary, Alberta
April 20, 2018 7:13am CST
As everyone who knows me here, I am currently working on a Meat factory. I use to work on a clean air conditioned office but I left that nice job because It is my only way to become permanent to this country. I just have to endure some years and I will be permanent.
I thought I already have the high tolerance in blood because of seeing animals being killed on a daily basis but no.....
I just saw my co-employee lost his finger. A Moron from the splitting section decided to joke around and make everyone laugh. People at the splitting department are armed with a circular saw. They use that to split the animal carcass in half.One of the splitters lost his focus because of his friend making funny jokes.He didn't notice that the circular saw is cutting his finger. I just saw a man scream in pain after his finger got sawed.
He was rushed to hospital and lucky for him the finger can be reconnected via surgery.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
20 Apr 18
Oh that's so scary.. I hate to see blood ..
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
I see blood everyday because of my job but not human blood.
people should not be talking and joking around while handling dangerous tools like circular saw.
people should not be talking and joking around while handling dangerous tools like circular saw.3 people like this
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
20 Apr 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker yes that's right.. they need to be extra careful..
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
@Jessabuma This is the machine they had been working with. It is originally used for cutting wood but they use it for splitting spinal chord of animals.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
20 Apr 18
I am sorry for your co-employee. I am glad that he is able to have his finger again. But it is really hazardous to work there. You must be extra careful.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
I can earn lots of money with Voices alone but I have to do this slaughterhouse thing if I wanted to be permanent here in Canada. Once I am permanent, I will quit. I will go to Toronto and pursue voice acting.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
20 Apr 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker You go, Capt Albert. Just a little patience and you will be out of there in no time.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
@mlgen1037 I have two more years before I become permanent. The reward from enduring this job is the best healthcare in the world.
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@nanayangel (7879)
• Philippines
20 Apr 18
Hi there Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker!
That's really scary. Well, I guess you just have to endure such workplace setting and maybe remind your co-workers to be careful next time? I wouldn't know what to do if I was there though, my bet is that I would have fainted.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
I didnt faint but I don't think I can sleep tonight. I just saw a man who got his finger dismembered. This is the first workplace accident I had ever seen. His Blood spilled over the meat.
@ConVolines (1449)
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21 Apr 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker You need to see a doctor and talk about this. If it is so traumatic that it affects you later, you need to have contemporaneous records.
@much2say (53960)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Apr 18
Ouch! My foolish co-worker took off the safety guard on a printing press and rigged it so it would still run. Well sure enough one day he got a finger caught in a gear and it smashed the tip off his finger! I was there, but didn't witness the incident (I just saw him holding his bloody hand afterwards). He lost a digit of his finger . . . the tip was too smashed to even reconnect. After that incident, we called him 9 and 3/4 
.@much2say (53960)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Apr 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker After my boss came back from taking him to the hospital, he actually found the mashed finger tip on the floor. He tried to pick it up with a piece of cardboard (like a dust pan), but it kept scooting around 
. As a joke he nailed the mashed finger tip to the wall where my co-worker worked . . . it eventually shriveled and turned black - and smelled 
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. As a joke he nailed the mashed finger tip to the wall where my co-worker worked . . . it eventually shriveled and turned black - and smelled .@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
@much2say I am still shook by this event but I have to contain my self because I am going to go back to work in few hours. I hope people will focus more now and avoid joking around during the most dangerous moments of the shift. I always make sure I am fully focused because getting sleepy on a job like this can be very scary.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
Wow that is worst. Not only his fingers are crushed to the point of unrepairable, He got a new nickname.
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@april_ang (578)
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20 Apr 18
Aaaaarrggghhh..too graphic, my head. But hopefully your friend got well soon and can use his finger again as normal as possible..
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
@april_ang I am glad it is not me. I don talk to anyone at work and I only talk to them at lunch breaks. I do not want to lose my focus with sharp objects around.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
He will be on a leave for a week or 2 so he can avoid infection. It makes me think if he will comeback or quit the job.
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@april_ang (578)
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20 Apr 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker If this accident traumatize you, I couldn't imagine how he feels. If he choose to quit, maybe that'd be for the better. Moral of the story : stay focus even when you joke around.
@ConVolines (1449)
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21 Apr 18
That is illegal. You should have a WorkSafe authority there, and by law they are supposed to take this seriously and do something about it, but they are probably corrupt. That is an unsafe workplace. If the idiot isn't sacked and/or the injured worker is screwed over, you need to look for another job.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Apr 18
I think this is common to all industries where people are surrounded by sharp objects and heavy equipment.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
24 Apr 18
@ConVolines Yup accidents are common in factories. Companies just cover up.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
Oh my gosh, its horrible! But i guess work time can't be alongside with joke time at your kind of work. Unless in offices where you can chitchat a few times while typing of doing some paperworks. I hope your friend is doing fine now. Lessons learned.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
2 Aug 18
I haven't seen him for a long time. He quits after losing his finger.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
27 Apr 18
Oh, my! I can't stand seeing oozing blood much more a cut finger or any part. My knees turn to jelly when I saw one.
No wonder you are traumatized.
So, if you work as a clerical employee, it will not be credited for you to become a citizen there, but those odd jobs?
No wonder you are traumatized.
So, if you work as a clerical employee, it will not be credited for you to become a citizen there, but those odd jobs?
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
27 Apr 18
@SIMPLYD That is my answer, This is the only job that can give me citezenship. they wont want me as a white collar because they have enough of them.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
27 Apr 18
Canada have huge demand for these jobs but Canadians are not interested:
Butcher
meat deboner
caregivers
nurses
Morticians
Engineers
Butchers and meat deboners are the easiest to obtain. I will endure this job until I am permanent.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
21 Apr 18
are these longtime workers so they felt overconfident that they can horse around as if they're toys?
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Apr 18
They had been around for four years. I guess they will invincible around sharp objects because they had been doing this for years.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
21 Apr 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker overconfidence until someone gets hurt. so the company shouldered the medical expenses and will he still get paid while he's on leave?
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Apr 18
@hereandthere I am sure the company will compensate but Canada have great healthcare.
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
22 Apr 18
Can they just wait and have a conversation / jokes for later? those are not really something to be left out when working. Hope that joker would be reprimanded / suspended for distracting his co workers.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Apr 18
They think they are such experts that they are now invincible from accidents. Sometimes fear is important. It keeps us safe. These people lost their fear and it made them too comfortable.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
I am very snobbish to people and ignore them when I am using a circular saw because my focus is important.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
@rakski My manager told me years ago someone lost a hand. 
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
20 Apr 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker you are right. It is better be snobbish and safe than cut fingers. 
@levis2020 (171)
• Philippines
21 Apr 18
That was so unfortunate. It should serve as a lesson or warning to all employees to avoid playing around (like joking around) while at work, especially with a hazard like that.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Apr 18
My Boss told me that People losing their fingers are common in meat factories.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Apr 18
@levis2020 Butchery pays a lot of money. It even pays more money than some white collar office jobs.
@levis2020 (171)
• Philippines
22 Apr 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker It is not a good thing. Why will people risk their fingers with such a job?
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
I really thought I am desynthesized from blood but this event proved me wrong.
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@Anne88 (323)
• Canlubang, Philippines
20 Apr 18
I feel sad for your co-worker. I hope you will be able to shake it off. I wonder what and how the culprit felt after seeing how his actions harmed other people. I know he was just being funny, but not at other people's expense. There should be a right time and place for everything.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
I think he is traumatized too. He got scolded and the manager told him that he should not be joking around at work because of all the sharp objects everywhere.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
@Anne88 He really do need to apologize to everyone but to him the most because losing a finger is no joke.
@Anne88 (323)
• Canlubang, Philippines
20 Apr 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker He is lucky he just got scolded. I hope he learns from it. He should also say sorry to the other guy.
@Hannihar (129391)
• Israel
25 Apr 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker
Some job you have now. That is horrible what happened to that person.
@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
20 Apr 18
OMG, that is a traumatic experience for sure. People should pay attention if they are working with devices.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Apr 18
Circular saw is so sharp that they can cut metal. It is not something to play around with.
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