I am not being overly dramatic when I say I almost died here at work yesterday.
I only slept three hours Thursday night....I hosted a poker game / team meeting for hogs for the cause that lasted until 2 am+. After getting the restaurant running and taking a couple of catering orders I slipped into "get the heck out" mode and was getting more food on the smoker so I could turn it over to my assistant pit guy and go get some sleep.
I lifted the very heavy door of the smoker, something I do dozens of times a day, and thought it was fully open & let go of my grip on it while sneaking a peak at the meat in the back....WHAM. Door to smoker fell on the back of my head knocking me out almost cold. I lost control of my legs and such and hit the deck where I was stunned, drooling, and moaning face down in a pile of wood chips and my soot pile until a stranger walking by saw me and got my cook to come help.
Lots of ice & aleve...discussion with a nurse from a neurosurgery department (ie my mother) about if I needed an ER visit but decided not too since my vision was fine, I wasn't nauseous, and I wasn't dizzy after a few minutes back on my feet.
Slight headache this morning...slight swelling on back of my head....sore as heck to touch.
But...2 inches away was the internal thermometer probe which would have gone 4 inches into my brain if I had been under that part of the door. It freaked me out pretty good.
Back on the horse.....