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My son sent me a pic to warn me about something I never thought about. A guy at work was using a grinder/cut-off tool without a guard (we've all done this at one time) and the disk broke. He was severely injured but he did not lose function.
He was using a good disk and not some Harbor Freight type quality one.
I thought I should pass this along to others to hopefully prevent this from happening to anyone else.
OK then - I didn't really want to digest that lunch anyway.....
I worked for a gent that had a glass eye; his left eye was put out when a drill bit broke while he was drilling the frame of his car for a trailer hitch.
I wear eye protection and gloves whenever I'm doing something risky. Even a hard hat at times when trimming my oaks...
KEY: WITHOUT A GUARD.
Could have been his eyes without a face shield as they also shatter into small pieces when put in a bind.
I am guilty of getting away with doing stuff without the proper PPE (personal protection equipment), but scream at the grandkids if I see them doing what Granddad does.
Sliced my calf wide open with a pressure washer, shorts and flops. That didn't hurt as bad as the *** chewing I got from the doc.
I got a load of gasoline in my eyes recently while under my car pulling off the fuel line to the fuel pump. I had the lines clamped Hurt like heck. Ran in the house directly to the shower. Got in with all my clothes on and flushed my eyes for about 20 minutes.
It it was non-ethanol. Don’t know if that’s better or worse than if it had been ethanol.
Be be careful in the garage. It’s a jungle out there.
Steve
Last edited by RatDog; 07-07-2018 at 06:13 AM.
Reason: typo
My brother in law had a disk break using a die grinder to cut his dash. Nicked his brachial artery and had to go to the er to get it sewn up. Wear the right ppe!
Need to wear ppe at all times when working with equipment and if you are in any proximity is someone who is. I have seen too many freak accidents and many happened to the guy standing in the area. Had one of my engineers walking through a plant, a fork lift ran over a semi tubular rivet, which somehow got shot out from the side of the tire and embedded about an inch in his arm. He was at least 15" from the lift at the time. Always expect the unexpected.
After clamping a bolt into my Visegrips at my workbench, I turned to the right. As I did I brushed my left hand/middle finger to the side of the bench grinder wheel. Good amount of blood, but everything was still there, just a little less meat. I applied my old EMT lessons and moved on. How this happened is still a question in my mind. For some reason I didn't ware my Mechanix gloves while doing the work. I never forget now. Dennis
With 35+ years in emergency medicine, I've seen pretty much everything. The pic. the O.P. posted is a minor injury compared to most. I keep a stocked aid kit in my shop for when things don't go as planned.
Take my word for it, you don’t want to do it. Hurt worse than a kidney stone.
Originally Posted by RatDog
I got a load of gasoline in beyes recently while under my car pulling off the fuel line to the fuel pump. I had the lines clamped Hurt like heck. Ran in the house directly to the shower. Got in with all my clothes on and flushed my eyes for about 20 minutes.
It it was non-ethanol. Don’t know if that’s better or worse than if it had been ethanol.
Be be careful in the garage. It’s a jungle out there.
We all take a chance and don’t wear safety glasses because we are only going to use it for a second. I cured myself of that bad habit the day I took a fellow worker to the ER with 25 wire pieces stuck in his eye. It only took a second to happen and the pain lasted a long time.
Originally Posted by 1snake
With 35+ years in emergency medicine, I've seen pretty much everything. The pic. the O.P. posted is a minor injury compared to most. I keep a stocked aid kit in my shop for when things don't go as planned.
Polishing stainless moldings is very dangerous also. Heavy leather gloves are a must. The wheel grabs the molding and off it goes like a sword looking for a victim.
That's not only dangerous to the polisher by also anybody in the area.
You can never be too careful.
While on the subject, here is something I came across and found invaluable a few years back when looking for Safety Glasses.
The shop I was working with had lots of safety glasses, but none that could be seen through clearly. It seems that no sooner did someone breakout a new pair and they were scratched up because they were never taken care of. I decided it was time to bring my own and guard them carefully. But being at that stage of life where I need bifocals to read up close or see details, I wanted a combination. I found a source that carries them in clear, tinted for indoor/outdoor work, or even gray for full outdoor work in the sun.
I always carry the gray ones when I go to car shows and swap meets so I don't have to carry sunglasses and reading glasses. They really just look like a regular pair of sunglasses. All of them are under $10 a pair. I also keep a new pair in the shop so if I misplace them I don't spend an hour looking for them so I can get back to work. (Of course I then soon find the ones I misplaced.)
Even seemingly simple tasks can have risks.....my wife was 9 months pregnant and her car was overheating -- so in the process of pulling the top radiator hose off the radiator of her 1972 slant-6 Duster my right thumb scraped across a blade of the aluminum flex fan somebody put on the car. A trip to the emergency room with my hand wrapped in a bloody towel trying to keep the wife calmed down in her delicate condition. Tendon had to be sewn up and I carry the scar to this day.
I won't own a car with a flex fan on it -- nor will I work on one and I ALWAYS cut radiator hoses off with a knife now....new ones are cheap compared to ER bills.
07-06-2018, 02:39 PM
Be very careful using this tool!
Dennis
