Same with microwaves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mechanic688
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Same with microwaves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mechanic688
Great thread. Like to add always know what the other guy(s) is doing also. Just yesterday I was reaching for something in a pile at the same time my helper threw something into the pile and hit my hand. Could have been bad if I hadn't caught in corner of my eye and moved my hand. He is young and lacks experience. I should have been pay better attention. My pop was a fire and safety inspector at a refinery . So I grew up with "safety first". Point is its not just the new guys ,this thread is a good reminder for us all. Thanks olddude. Your wisdom, as always, is much appreciated!
Battery backups are bad Also as many people know. Do not leave them on your truck in the rain or outdoors, they could start on fire. Also they pack a mean shock
Olddude, great words of wisdom as usual. As my dad always said, we do not have time in one lifetime to learn everything the hard way, take a short cut and learn from others. Just be careful who you are learning from.
I am the safety rep on the floor at work and have always been a "think first, act second" type of person. That said I still managed to cut my knuckle on cardboard this morning cause I wasn't wearing gloves. I don't wear gloves all day, I just keep them on me; but sometimes you don't see something's possible until it has already happened:(
I would also like to point out that there are times when you shouldn't wear gloves for protection but rather should find a safer way of doing what you're doing. Example: my long time friend who I got a job at my work (who was practically born with a hammer in his hand, knowing how to swing it) was drilling holes in extrusion with a drill press and had gloves on for protection/cleanliness. Well, didn't he get a glove caught on the drill bit and barely got his hand away without mutilating it! He turned it off and pulled away but split seconds could have made it much much worse.
This can also be a deadly industry. Even for companies that have the highest of certifications and health and safety policies in place.
2 dead, 1 injured in Granite City mortar explosion
Just following the simple rule of wearing the proper PPE can make a huge difference. Eye pro, ear pro, gloves, boots and the right clothing, all the time, every time. How many people on here have a little mark on there gloves from an angle grinder?
Also I see people wearing the wrong type of gloves all the time. If you are doing anything involving flame or spark your gloves need to be all leather. Mechanics gloves are for turning wrenches, synthetics can and will melt/catch on fire.
As I have supervised and investigated many accidents. The cause and effects of accidents almost always have one thing in common. That is complacency, someone who so sure that they know what they are doing can be the most dangerous person in the work place! Safety starts and ends with each individual. Fatal or bad accidents are almost always a sequence of events, with each action leading to a point of no return and leading to property damage, injury, and death. Almost always could have been prevented if just one action had intervened and with a much more desirable outcome. Another thing to consider, some accidents occur do to what happened outside of the scope of work. If a person brings there problems to the work site, thus not thinking about the job or the safety of self or others a accident is almost always likely!
Just an update. Apparently I didn't get away so clean . had to go to ER this morning. Doc said I severed a tendon. Needs surgery. Made it worse by not going right away. Be careful out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by junkfreak
Well that F'n sucks...Godspeed.
And moisturize. Healthy skin is the first layer of protection.
Last year November, was cutting open some electric motors with my Milwaukee batter 18v grinder, didn't spin up like a corded one, so I figured it would be ass aggressive,.
So with cigar clenched in my teeth in began cutting the outer shell off to expose the windings, after the tenth one, I got sloppy,MIT kicked, I F'ed it off and kept going, she kicked again, this time it kicked out of my hands and up to my face.
As I leaned away from it (I was kneeling on the ground cutting outside on the grass) it arced at my face, missed and ran off into the grass. I F'ed it off again and reached of it with my left hand, that's when I noticed that I'd opened myself up on my forearm.....m3 inch cut,you could see the fat and muscle, I could fit my pinky inside of it. Blade was so hot I didn't even feel it, cauterized the skin instantly.....
a trip down to the H, in the emergency room,wait almost three hours for three **** staples that took 30 seconds, he didn't clean it and I don't like "a local" so I took the pain and got stapled up.
Even now, I still have hard little bits of dead skin, metal and whatever else pushing its way out of the scar tissue, it's healed up nice but will leave a black scar, reminding how much of an absolute idiot I was.
Broke so many of my rules in that one instance, but sometimes it's good to be bit, it teaches you to "simmer down and pay attention" as the next one might not just be three staples.....
p.s. No hand guard, no gloves, no googles, and no hand grip.... All of which are affixed now. And I frigged up a good cigar....
"Haste makes waste" and "children and fools shouldn't play with sharp tools" ring to mind....
You said it allQuote:
Originally Posted by BDAScrapper
Yeah it does. Iam already rammie can't stand being limited. LolQuote:
Originally Posted by KzScrapper
BDAscrapper - Ouch!
Very sorry to hear that. Here is where I tell you to do what I say not what I do. We are nature a though bunch. BUI I have buried bits of metal which make my right finger hard to use. a month ago I cut the top middle section of my finger off because I was in a hurry and being stupid. I went to the house put it back on and just taped it never went to the doc. it has grown back on But now Im stuck with bits of the cut off wheel in my finger. be very careful out there its hard to scrap with one arm , hand or missing fingers.
i have tried in the past to post "darwin award" info as well for more dagerous activities or those with high injury potential. granted the warnings may have had humor in tone but were serious none the less.
my closest call was working fridges with my domestic partner getting ready to haul in a load. a fridge came out of the stack on the trailer while strapping it down and jagged metal from where i cut compressor tray out missed my neck by less than an inch. jumping back and using my arm to try to turn it away i still took nearly 250 lbs as a fairly solid hit to my shoulder / arm and was out of commission nearly 3 weeks before i got strength back in that arm and could move it regular.
its not just tools and breaking things down we need to watch for. some of us work with very heavy items and many dont do it smartly and get lucky. i got extremely lucky. i could have been killed or crushed and ended up with pain and bruises only.
this is also why i work with a second person at all times loading and unloading and keep visual and verbal contact at all times. we may not see the item drop. they might. also it gives you a chance to get to a hospital if you are not so lucky.
i load / unload for processing with a skidloader now. saves the back alot seeing i would stack appiances by hand in my load otherwise. but even that has risks if no respect is given where its due. i work smarter not harder now but have not forgot that jagged metal falling at my neck.
heed the warnings people. its not a matter of if you will be hurt... its a matter of how bad and if you live through it.
As i'm driving to work I see a blind man almost every day walking to work i assume. My dad told me his story. One day he put a new grinding stone on his bench grinder and didn't check the stone speed rating. The last thing he saw was his finger flipping the switch on the grinder. The stone exploded and he lost both eyes. 33 years young.
So now you're thinking yeah ok be careful. The very next day my dad put a new wire wheel on his bench grinder and he had the same experience. He hadn't check the speed rate and it to exploded. Fortunately he had his safety glasses on, was not injured and able to clean up his own mess.
Don't confuse accidents with carelessness.
Be Safe. Be Smart.