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One day, many years ago, he was setting up a weld, concentrating on what he was doing and not paying any attention to anything else. So he didn't know a crane was moving behind him.
The crane operator knew it, but he thought he had enough room to get in behind my father. This turned out to be incorrect.
Fortunately, my dad was was wearing the best safety equipment available at the time. And the crane wasn't carrying a load, only a chain fall (a steel hook-and-pulley assembly that hangs from the arm of the crane).
Even better, he was in the open, so when the chain fall hit him in the back of the head, it didn't slam him into a wall or a piece of equipment. It only knocked him to the ground. His helmet suffered more damage than he did.
I mention this incident because it illustrates important points about the difference between perception and reality, and about the relationship between reality and belief.
My father didn't perceive what was happening behind him, so he was unaware of the danger. He believed he was safe.
The crane operator did perceive what was happening, but he was also unaware of the danger. He, too, believed my father was safe.
None of this made any difference to the chain fall.
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