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Subject: SUMMARY OF MISHAPS
Originator: COMNAVSAFECEN NORFOLK VA(UC)
DTG: 091416Z Jan 09
Precedence: ROUTINE
DAC: General
To: AL ALSAFE(UC), ALSAFE
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ALSAFE 09/002
MSGID/GENADMIN/COMNAVSAFECEN/00/JAN//
SUBJ/SUMMARY OF MISHAPS//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. WELCOME TO THE FIRST EDITION OF THE 
FRIDAY FUNNIES FOR 2009. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO EASE INTO 
THE NEW YEAR THAN WITH A RELAXING VISIT TO THE SUMMARY OF 
MISHAPS MUSEUM, CHOCK FULL OF NEW EXHIBITS.
A. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SOME OF OUR NEW ARTIFACTS ARE HOUSED 
IN A MEDICAL TENT WE RECENTLY ACQUIRED FROM AN AIR SHOW IN 
TEXAS. SEEMS AN HM1 RESERVIST WAS WORKING AT THE SHOW WHEN 
STRONG WINDS BLEW DOWN THE TENT. A CROSS-BEAM HIT HER IN 
THE HEAD, THEREBY PRODUCING A POTENTIAL PATIENT FOR THE 
MEDICAL TENT (IF IT HADN'T BLOWN DOWN, THAT IS). BRUISES 
AND CONTUSIONS SENT HER HOME FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
B. OUR NEXT NEW ACQUISITION IS A METAL HAND-HOLD BAR THAT 
WE GOT FROM A SHIP. IT HAD BEEN INSTALLED NEAR THE CENTER 
OF THE LADDER ON THE DECK FRAME BETWEEN THE O-5 AND O-6 
LEVELS, AT ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE AVERAGE PERSON'S HEAD, 
FOR THE CREW TO USE TO HELP KEEP THEIR BALANCE. AN E-3 
YEOMAN WAS RUSHING DOWN THE LADDER DURING DARKEN-SHIP 
CONDITIONS AND DIDN'T SEE IT. CLANG! HE FELL THE REST OF 
THE WAY AND HIT THE DECK, BLURRY-EYED, DIZZY AND SUFFERING 
A MILD CONCUSSION. ONE DAY IN A HOSPITAL, THREE DAYS OF 
LIGHT DUTY.
C. THIS PIECE OF CAUTION TAPE FROM HAWAII IS INTERESTING. 
IT WAS ATTACHED TO A BARREL AND WAS BLOWING IN THE WIND 
WHEN A LIEUTENANT PEDALED BY. THE TAPE WRAPPED AROUND THE 
BIKE'S HANDLEBARS AND THREW THE LIEUTENANT OFF-BALANCE. HE 
WAS WEARING A HELMET BUT STILL SPENT FIVE DAYS ON LIGHT 
DUTY.
   NOTE: IF ANYONE INSTALLS LONG STREAMERS OF CAUTION TAPE 
ON A WINDY DAY, MAKE SURE YOU PUT SOME CAUTION TAPE ON THE 
CAUTION TAPE.
D. HERE'S ANOTHER PIECE OF SAFETY WIRE THAT ENDED UP 
SCRATCHING A MECH IN THE EYE. SHE WAS SAFETY-WIRING BOLTS 
ON AN OIL LINE ON AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE. IT WAS AN AWKWARD 
SPOT, SO SHE HAD CRAWLED INTO THE NACELLE. IT WAS KIND OF 
DARK AND SHE WAS WORKING BY FEEL. DIRECTLY, SHE FELT LIKE 
SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WEARING SOME EYE PROTECTION.
E. THIS ITEM IS THE HANDLE FROM A WATERTIGHT DOOR THAT WE 
GOT FROM A SHIP. THE DOOR LED FROM MEDICAL TO A PASSAGEWAY. 
AN AG3 CUT HIS HAND ON IT. NOT SURE IF HE WAS GOING IN OR 
GOING OUT. IF THE FORMER, AT LEAST HE WAS IN THE RIGHT 
PLACE.
2. THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. THERE ARE 
ALWAYS NEW ITEMS ARRIVING AT THE MUSEUM-SCHEDULE YOUR VISIT 
SOON!//