The box got unloaded off the cart outside my cube. It got left standing on edge, which is not how one should leave 600 pounds of steel. (This was a kit, not an assembled desk, so "on edge" was maybe eight inches wide.) When it fell, the cardboard box caught the cart, but none of the steel inside did. The steel then proceeded to slowly rip the box.
The net result was that this 600 pounds got slowly put on my foot, rather than slamming onto it. That was the difference between minutes of pain and months of rehab.
(And, yeah, it falling may or may not have been my fault...)
Setting off a not-clearly-marked death-trap outside of what should be a safe space is not something I'd classify as "your fault"... at least not with the provided data.
The net result was that this 600 pounds got slowly put on my foot, rather than slamming onto it. That was the difference between minutes of pain and months of rehab.
(And, yeah, it falling may or may not have been my fault...)