I was rebuilding a series Land Rover engine when I tripped and fell, managing to impale myself, in the back of the right knee, on a 3/8UNF stud.

I became faint but managed to reach the house where, my wife, bless her took control. She was most concerned in that I have the normal old age conditions, heart and lung problems, and by this time I was in a faint on the floor, but she kept her cool and rang for an ambulance.

I subsequently learnt that although the stud had gone in deep, it had missed a major nerve, which controls the foot, and had hit the tendon, fortunately with no damage. It had also missed the femoral artery....&$!?&@..! by a whisker. My daughter, who is a nurse,
subsequently told me that had it hit the artery, I would have had an immediate loss of blood pressure, a loss of consciousness, and I would have bled out.

Anyway, a couple of days in hospital and all's well, but I certainly admonished myself about keeping a tidy workplace, I tend to be a bit of an untidy worker, leaving gear all over the floor etc.

Needless to say, the engine was completed without further incident and now takes pride of place, in the engine bay of my, in progress, series 2a landrover restoration.

Norm.