Holy ****, some guy at my gym this morning had a HUGE accident while going through his routine. Not sure what he was doing (I think possibly bench press), but whatever he was lifting, he either totally wasn't paying attention to what he was doing or it was WAY too heavy for him, cuz he dropped the barbell and it actually landed on his face. Lost several teeth and (according to my trainer) probably broke his jaw. I didn't actually see it happen myself, but paramedics had to be called and everything. It was unreal.
Anyone ever seen anything similar happen at their gym? I'm sure worse accidents have happened, but this was definitely the most disturbing thing I've ever seen, personally!
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05-20-2009, 08:37 PM #1٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶
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Worst gym accident you've ever seen?
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05-21-2009, 06:38 PM #2Registered User
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Wow that sounds pretty intense lol. Havn't seen any notable accidents yet at my gym.
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05-22-2009, 10:48 AM #3Registered User
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I have seen 2 different treadmill accidents.
the first was some dummy that cranked up the speed and fell down. wasn't wearing a safety clip (auto stop). he flew off the back of the treadmill but he landed and his face landed on the belt burning the skin off his right cheak.
Second, again cranked it up, and fell, but instead of letting go, held onto the handles, as the skin got torn off her shins.
And finally, i was covering a high school wrestling meet (athletic trainer), and a kid was taken down off the mat. his face hit the hardwood floor, knocking his front to teeth out. But better yet, the two teeth were actually stuck in the floor and had to be pulled out with pliers. It was disgustingly awesome
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05-22-2009, 10:51 AM #4Registered User
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Someone got a weight dropped on their foot and somehow it ripped his toe nail off. And I saw it, ugh thats nasty. It was his big toe too. Oh and he WAS wearing shoes.
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05-22-2009, 10:57 AM #5Registered User
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Some1 left the squat rack stacked with 60kg each side. So a small trainer woman decided she was going to put the weights away.... Pulled off 3 20kg weights from one side of the bar.....Next thing the bar flew up in the air with the rest of the weights and twatted some guy on the forehead. The guy fell over and blood was pissing from his head. He went crazy for 5mins threatening to sue the woman while she was bawling her eyes out. Was some funny ****, like some trap on home alone.
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05-22-2009, 11:24 AM #6٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶
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*shudders*
God damn, those treadmill stories made my eyes twitch lol.
Anyways, I found out the guy at my gym did indeed break his jaw (two places). No brain or spinal damage, luckily; but apparently he's up for jaw surgery, and will then have to have his mouth wired shut for like 8 weeks or something. Poor guy. He's like barely 21, too...
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05-22-2009, 11:45 AM #7Registered User
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I don't guess this was an accident but it was pretty nasty, at a powerlifting meet this guy tried pulling over 600 in the deadlift the bar slipped and he tore several callous off of both his hands. They were bleeding pretty bad and he had chalked up so it looked really nasty. He taped them up and finished the meet. On his next pull he was successful. I think he liked the pain!
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05-22-2009, 11:49 AM #8Original Neanderthal
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Haha, a woman did that in my gym when I was doing deads. I was doing romanians and I left to get a drink and I guess she thought I was done. I had 4 45lb plates on each side. She took them all off of one side, the bar went flying up and shattered a huge mirror and she just sat on the ground crying lolOriginally Posted by pluckjoe
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05-16-2011, 11:18 AM #10٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶
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05-16-2011, 11:27 AM #12Resident Malteser.
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Indeed. I shivered, hah.Originally Posted by JDkeystone
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05-16-2011, 08:28 PM #13Registered User
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Haha, probably going hardcore with a suicide grip. That woulda hurt like hell!Originally Posted by JDkeystone
Holy ****, some guy at my gym this morning had a HUGE accident while going through his routine. Not sure what he was doing (I think possibly bench press), but whatever he was lifting, he either totally wasn't paying attention to what he was doing or it was WAY too heavy for him, cuz he dropped the barbell and it actually landed on his face. Lost several teeth and (according to my trainer) probably broke his jaw. I didn't actually see it happen myself, but paramedics had to be called and everything. It was unreal.
Anyone ever seen anything similar happen at their gym? I'm sure worse accidents have happened, but this was definitely the most disturbing thing I've ever seen, personally!My website: http://www.posturedirect.com
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shiiiizz - that could have been so much worseOriginally Posted by TheAesthetics
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12-04-2011, 01:30 PM #15Registered User
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Rofl. Powerlifting/Gymnastics meet.Originally Posted by TheAesthetics
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12-04-2011, 07:20 PM #16
Accidents usually happen when people get over zealous and go too heavy....simple as that.
The other class of accident is based on pure stupidity....e.g. tipping barbells, dropping weights onto your own foot/other people's heads etc
Trust no one in the gym.
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12-04-2011, 07:27 PM #17Dreamer Cut
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I had a barbell at shin level (rack pulls) loaded 4 plates a side. Took of 2 a time. Usually this is okay to do but I did not realize the entire barbell was shifted over to the collar so the bar tipped... aiming straight for my face.
not sure how, but I did some matrix **** and slowly got out of the way like nothing happened.
I have not seen any crazy accidents happen at the gym. Most of the things happen to me. I have dropped a 110db on my chest when doing a dumbbell press. Also a friend spot me poorly which caused my arm to bend with 100lbs in it so the DB fell and almost hit me in the face.
lol just realized this was a 2 year bump to post a gif. Then another 7 month bump on top of that.
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12-04-2011, 08:28 PM #18٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶
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lmao what i'd like to know, too. god, this thread was made back when i was still under my old username LOL.Originally Posted by AirForceV
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12-06-2011, 12:00 AM #19Registered User
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not very serious but once I saw a guy doing db bench and he finished his set, stood up, and passed out face first into the dumbbell rack..
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12-07-2011, 02:31 AM #20Registered User
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Wow... it hurts reading these kind of things. I hope this never happens to any of us...
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12-07-2011, 02:34 AM #21All in
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Seen a spotter drop a 115lb DB on foot.
Broken.
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12-07-2011, 03:08 AM #22Registered User
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WowwOriginally Posted by TheAesthetics
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10-10-2015, 11:33 AM #23Registered User
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i saw on ******** a women doing the legpress the first rep was fine the second rep she flexed her legs which is so stupid and the weights came back on her and her knees went backwards!!!! was the worst thing my buddy and i have ever seen! i really doubt she will work out again! thats what happens when you dont know what your doing!!!! people get a trainer!Originally Posted by Biohazardous22
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10-10-2015, 01:10 PM #24Registered User
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Nothing that involves blood, but during my 8+ years in the gym i've seen 2 guys **** their backs up badly in the leg press, ofc white ****ty form (too deep) and too heavy, one of them herniated his L5-S1 and required surgery and the other actually managed to herniate 2 discs in one bad rep, didn't reuqire surgery though.
The ironic thing in it all is that i at 2 occasions had told the second guy to stop going so deep in it since it's causing a lumbar flexion, and when the injury happened i sat 10 meters away from him and just waited for it to happen.
I'm btw convinced that the leg press has ruined more backs over the years than squats and deadlifts, because it's so easy to do it wrong (go too deep), 8 out of 10 that i see perform it does it, even experienced guys at youtube that has been lifting for a long time and can squat and dl with a perfect form.
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