I had one not so long ago, fortunately no dogs involved. I was laying a new stair carpet and needed some carpet strips- the kind that holds the carpet joins by doors. We had some in the loft we'd brought ages ago, so I got the ladder put it against the hatch, opened it up and reached to start rumaging around just as the ladder slipped and I came crashing down. Our hatch sits over our stairs and I was half way down before I managed to throw my arms out and stop myself. Could barely walk for a couple of days & on pain killers for weeks. But I survived to tell the tale. |