A gaming chair prevented a man from North Rhine-Westphalia from receiving almost 30 kilos of his ceiling on his head.
A good gaming chair can save your health. They support important areas of your body, distribute the load, and encourage movement when you sit all day. Your back will thank you.
That gaming chairs can also save lives is something you probably haven’t heard often. However, this is happening in North Rhine-Westphalia. MeinMMO tells the story.
Is this a workplace accident?
Andrea B. contacted the manufacturer Recaro with an unusual story. According to him, his new gaming chair “Recaro Exo” saved his life – or at least prevented severe injuries.
B. wrote to the company:
Five weeks ago, a large ceiling panel in my office detached and fell on me during a video conference. Fortunately, the panel first hit the top edge of the chair […] shattered there and only bounced into small pieces on or next to me.
According to the man, the mentioned ceiling panel weighed about 30 kilos. If the massive panel had landed unbraked on the man’s head or neck, severe injuries could not have been ruled out.
Andrea B. goes even further: “This chair may have saved my life or spared me a long hospital stay.”
This is what it looked like in the office after the accident:
Andrea B. and the chair have come through the whole ordeal unscathed. However, the manufacturer sent B. a replacement chair due to minor damage to the seat.
What do you think about the story? Do you know similarly adventurous stories? Write us a comment on the topic.
Such stories do happen from time to time. On MeinMMO, we once wrote about a life-saving headset: Headset allegedly saves gamer’s life, deflects life-threatening projectile
