One of my biggest fears is that my phone will ring and that someone will tell me that something has happened to my husband. I suppose this is a common fear for many people, but my fear wasn’t as bad as it was until my husband started the job he has now had for five years. Though his job isn’t terribly dangerous, he is at risk for some construction injuries, and I don’t like to think about what might happen to him. Though I know you can’t sit around and worry, the fleeting though of something going wrong enters my mind when the phone rings while he is at work.
Construction injuries are not that common around here, but they do happen. His company has a great record, and that is somewhat of a comfort. They also have strict rules in place to prevent construction injuries, but not everyone follows them. There was one night when my husband climbed up on our stair rails and leaned over to the opposite wall. He was essentially two stories above the floor and I was upset. He said that I had better not see what he does at work, because he does stuff like that all the time.
I cannot remember anyone that he works with receiving any construction injuries. This is great because it helps me to feel at ease. I’m not totally relaxed because I know that most of the time, construction injuries are due to things that are out of human control. I’m not worried about him as much as I am worried about natural happenings and perhaps the actions of others. I know some of his coworkers drink beer with lunch and then go to work, and that does bother me quite a bit.