I have a burning, and the only cure is more tylenol and solarcaine

Tylenol and Solarcaine make the pain of having sunburn go away. It's a wonderful combination. My new job working as a day laborer for O.V. Smith & Sons in Elkview is going exactly how I expected it to be going. I'm put on a jobsite that is static and never changes for me. I'm given classic ditch-digger tasks... like use a square tip shovel to level off 500 square feet of muddy rock or put on heavy muck boots and get wet cement poured on your feet while you use a flat metal rake to spread it out. Honestly, It's not a bad job, with one problem, it ain't safe.

We use HVAC equipment every day, well... they do, i don't. They don't even let me touch the Bobcat yet. I've used the Vibrating roller, which is like a steam roller, only waaaaaay smaller and operated by one person. Plus the Plate Tapper, which is the same thing, but just a shaped plate that vibrates forward instead of rolls. Here's the critical issue with the job that I am facing and am the most afraid about: It is dangerous and I am not trained.

The HVAC equipment comes within inches of my body... not feet, not yards... inches. I cannot tell you how many times i've been clipped by the wheels of these things before they even notice me slightly. If i don't run out of the way sometimes, I'd be killed quick and gruesome. I've been hit in the head with a shovel twice (on accident...), I've been nearly run over more times than i can remember, I've been knocked down quite a few times from our equipment, and it's just not safe for a newbie like me. Plus these guys are crazy hardcore about their jobs. One guy, He's one year younger than me but twice the muscles, gets really sick today. It's 87 degrees, 2:00 pm and we've been working since 7:00 am. He's gotta sit, he's vomiting, he's sweating bullets, he's drooling and he doesn't even know it. The guy almost fell over about 5 times. So the underbosses come up and ask him if he can keep working. He says, "I dunno, i feel like shit." So they tell him not to be such a pussy and keep working.

I am not cool with this, and I talked to my immediate supervisor and the dispatcher who is the 2nd in command about it. They both said the same thing. "This job ain't easy, It's hard labor, you can't take it, you better quit now."

Those are my concerns with my current job. I am nervous... I am apprehensive to continue based on those points. However, there is a good light to all of this. Because i'm working outside for so long, and it's constant physical labor, my muscles are hella defined and i'm working up a pretty good tan. Maybe if I stick with this I can get big enough to do composites shirtless and not have to worry about my scars.