My first real arcade injury that required a visit to the doctor
Yesterday I was moving a JAMMA cab with monitor and I put the hand truck under it on the side but
didn't compensate for the monitor's weight... it went tumbling and I decided I should try and catch it (bad
idea). I caught a lot of the weight on my wrist. Above is a picture of it from earlier today.
Doesn't look too bad except I have no feeling in the right half of my left thumb. Went to the doctor today
in case I have nerve damage. Took some xrays to see if it's fractured or not - won't find out til tomorrow.
I know it's not as bad as some people's arcade injuries (I had a friend that broke an arm when a 25 inch
cab fell on it).
Weirdest part is I had a gumball machine and a lawnmower nearby and somehow... still not quite sure
how... the gumball machine caught it in its crook and between that and the base of the mower it never hit
the ground and sustained zero damage - the gumball machine was fine too - it was on two legs holding
the game. I wish I had taken a picture. It was friggin crazy. The other fortunate thing was that I had just
10 minutes earlier locked one side of the CP and that was enough to hold the THIN plexi in place which
kept the monitor in place. The plexi was bowed outward with the weight of the monitor facing the ground.
Good have been much worse, so I'm thankful it turned out like it did. Sold the cab today
Yesterday I was moving a JAMMA cab with monitor and I put the hand truck under it on the side but
didn't compensate for the monitor's weight... it went tumbling and I decided I should try and catch it (bad
idea). I caught a lot of the weight on my wrist. Above is a picture of it from earlier today.
Doesn't look too bad except I have no feeling in the right half of my left thumb. Went to the doctor today
in case I have nerve damage. Took some xrays to see if it's fractured or not - won't find out til tomorrow.
I know it's not as bad as some people's arcade injuries (I had a friend that broke an arm when a 25 inch
cab fell on it).
Weirdest part is I had a gumball machine and a lawnmower nearby and somehow... still not quite sure
how... the gumball machine caught it in its crook and between that and the base of the mower it never hit
the ground and sustained zero damage - the gumball machine was fine too - it was on two legs holding
the game. I wish I had taken a picture. It was friggin crazy. The other fortunate thing was that I had just
10 minutes earlier locked one side of the CP and that was enough to hold the THIN plexi in place which
kept the monitor in place. The plexi was bowed outward with the weight of the monitor facing the ground.
Good have been much worse, so I'm thankful it turned out like it did. Sold the cab today



