Anyone fallen over at work?

[NotmySundaybest]

Almost did today at an event. All bosses bosses there. Feel such a dick.

I worked in a bar , I was carrying a box of 6 bottles of red wine and a case of baby tonics upstairs from the celler ,
I tripped up and because my hands were full I couldn't save myself.
I banged my forhead on the edge of the metal stairs and give my self a 3 inch cut.
I cleaned that up and went back down to clean up the broken bottles and cut myself on the glass.
Twas not a good start to my shift !

I once walked across the office towards my boss who was sat talking to a colleague to give him some paperwork.
I tripped over fresh air and did the forward stumble with windmilling arms.
Unfortunately he swivelled his chair round at the same moment as I went down and I face planted his dick.
Embarrassed doesn't even come close.

@HerbalTeal I can't stop laughing at this. They probably still talk about your random massive jump

Yep ! Twice .

Once tripped over the step on way in and face planted- looked like I'd done a few rounds in a boxing ring

And once fell down a ditch walking over a plank - it toppled sideways and I ended up in a ditch !

OMG everyone, just want to say thank you for cheering me up. I've had a really bad week but I've been crying with laughter! I was walking home in the dark one night and felt a bit panicked because I could hear footsteps behind me getting closer. I got faster and ended up in a deep hole, pavement had been dug up and some bright spark had removed the barriers, I wasn't badly hurt but the footsteps I was trying to get away from helped me out of the hole, colleagues I used to work with!

I tripped on my way out. My foot swelled up like a I had a melon on the top of it. I was a nurse working for an out of hours service. They took me to A & E in an ambulance. I had x-rays which showed that I’d torn bits of bone and tendons. That night I was in a lot of pain. The out of hours service delivered some extra pain relief through my letter box. I had nine lovely weeks off work. 😃

I slipped on a squashed banana in a large supermarket some years ago. Hit the floor like a ton of bricks. 2 very elderly ladies came rushing to try and help me up. I broke a rib and my collarbone.

Not falling over (well I definitely have fallen over at work places in the past but I've blocked the memories) but I'm retraining now and one of the first days at school and we were being shown around the hangar by our teacher, crouched down to walk under a plane's wing following him then stood up when I got out from under the wing. Except I wasn't out from under the wing, smashed my head really hard on the wing. Luckily no one really knew each other yet so everyone was just polite instead of taking the piss (which they do now because I still haven't learnt my lesson and keep hitting my head on the planes!)

I tried to sit down and the chair wheeled away - I was rushing to answer a call at the time, and successfully did the introduction flat on my back

One MN poster swore that she stood speaking at length at a large conference with menstrual blood running down her leg, which most the people attending could see was going on, and everyone thought that was fine just a normal female inconvenience, so she just carried on (she wanted to carry on).

Of all the crazy shit I've read on MN....
Hope you aren't too bruised today, OP.

Yes! Long ago I was once having a flirt with the big boss man, I was eating haribo and an email popped up from him asking if I was eating alone or sharing. It was a massive call centre and, in front of about 23 million people I walked across the sales floor in my platform wedges, harmed with my now absolutely shareable haribo, attempting to look beautiful, tripped, fell and headbutted the cushion of the coaching area settee. Never, ever been as embarrassed.

*armed

Thank you so much for responding on here. Glad that I'm not alone!
Spent half the night ruminating. Still feel a plonker. I hope it'll be forgotten soon!

I got my heel caught in my trouser turn up going downstairs once. Fell and amazingly managed to not break anything, but did have a sprained ankle.

I was also carrying a huge tray of trial contact lenses at the time, which took someone about 2 hours to reconstruct.

Not dd but one of her team. They were setting up a function room for a big posh do, and her colleague had to go to the store room in another building to collect extra glasses. He tripped over the dreaded fresh air while crossing the car park, went flying, and so did the crate full of crystal champagne flutes he'd been carrying. 144 of them, shattered into a million pieces!

Don't give it a second thought. We are all human, and capable of falling over.....

I had a seizure at work, now that was embarrassing.

Falling, quite often.

However the worst was when I was breaking some bad news to a family. A maybug flew in and landed on my shirt, just in that blurry bit of vision you have outside your glasses.

I completely lost it, freaked out and took my top off

I was taking some rubbish out, the manager of the entire shopping centre spotted me at a distance and waved hello, I waved back, tripped over my rubbish bag which promptly split open, and fell. Grazed both knees, pulled a muscle in my bum, and over-extended my wrist ending up in a splint for weeks. While his cries of "oh no, Bear, noooo!" rang across the car park. I didn't even know he knew my name 😭 I can feel myself going all hot with shame just thinking about it!

Just before Christmas I almost fell, but ended up throwing my glass keep cup across the floor as I kept my balance. I would've thought they'd be strong glass, but no. It shattered across a 15m length and was extra awkward because it blocked the stairs and fire exit.

Yep. Had to climb onto a step to reach something on a high shelf, slipped off and bashed my forehead on another shelf on the way down. Boss asked if I was okay, oh yes, I'm fine, I said (whilst feeling very sick). He pointed out a cut on my head and blood that was dripping down my face and onto my top!

I was walking across a large open plan office, somehow managed to go over on my ankle, kind of staggered forward, my body taking over my feet (a bit like kids when their bodies overtake their legs) and literally headbutted a filing cabinet. It was about 10 years ago and I still feel horrified by it.

twice in two different jobs. One ended with broken arm bone and the one was just very exhausted and just basically fell and then got up again

Tripped over someone who was waiting at the AST tills on my way to help another customer - went arse over tit all across the supermarket floor. May even have managed a little body-slide too. Customers all horrified, crowding around expecting broken bones, but fortunately I am quite fit and bouncy and leaped back to my feet saying 'everything's fine!'

I'm in my 60's, so I think they were fearing a broken hip and suing....