installation injures...
05-30-2004, 04:31 PM
#1
on friday i was in a rather odd mood and decided to work on my kick pannels in my garage. to make a long story short a piece of wood pushed my index and middle fingers through a router bit at full speed. i didn't know what happened until i saw the puddle of blood on the floor. my index has 6 cuts (equaly spaced and sequentially larger) while my middle finger has 7 cuts, 3 of which were so deep that it made the flesh hang off it. i tried to rearrange all the pieces but they did not go back in straight (no stiches btw, i can't stand stiches!!!).
so now i'm out of commission for a while (not to mention this is my writing hand so paperwork is a serious beatch!).
anybody else have injuries to share?
so now i'm out of commission for a while (not to mention this is my writing hand so paperwork is a serious beatch!).
anybody else have injuries to share?
05-30-2004, 05:33 PM
#4
500 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 924
other then raw fingertips from sanding, and some burns from pulling a grounded out live wire from a car before it caught fire.... nope, but i did manage to cut 2 fingers pretty good while relighting my water heater on friday morning....
05-30-2004, 05:49 PM
#5
Yankee
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 3,599
Split my thumb nail in half once (doing brute force and ignorance stuff).
Most recently while soldering in the black car at night (it was VERY dark I was cradling a flashlight between my shoulder and my chin), and cradling my midwoofer between my legs I was trying to solder with my left hand... finding that difficult I decided to switch the iron from my left to right hand when I quickly realized the part of the soldering iron I grabbed was not the nice cool handle but the shaft near the tip. I must have had a small brain fart because my solution was to drop the iron onto my lap. 3 weeks later all is well.
Most recently while soldering in the black car at night (it was VERY dark I was cradling a flashlight between my shoulder and my chin), and cradling my midwoofer between my legs I was trying to solder with my left hand... finding that difficult I decided to switch the iron from my left to right hand when I quickly realized the part of the soldering iron I grabbed was not the nice cool handle but the shaft near the tip. I must have had a small brain fart because my solution was to drop the iron onto my lap. 3 weeks later all is well.
05-30-2004, 07:23 PM
#7
2000 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 2,406
Shot a pin inside my finger with a nail gun, after it vibrated the bone for a few seconds it hurt like hell......................
Huge solder splatters down the arm when under a dash..................
Drilling holes in metal only to break the bit and send the drill and bit through your finger [img]smile.gif[/img]
Huge solder splatters down the arm when under a dash..................
Drilling holes in metal only to break the bit and send the drill and bit through your finger [img]smile.gif[/img]
05-30-2004, 07:59 PM
#8
1000 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,783
I work in a field where safety is very heavily promoted....kind of carries over to my home projects.
Most of the time I just get scrapes on my hands. But lately I've been wearing Mechnix gloves to work on the car and I'm injury free.
Other things I always use deppending on the task:
Safety glasses, gloves, knee pads, hearing protection, protective barriers. (Ie saw guards, cardboard for soldering.)
All pieces that I work on are usually clamped or secured so that the above doesn't happen. I never use my body to apply pressure to a tool and my workpiece at the same time. (Ie. holding a piece of wood while moving the router on it)
I realize I'm preaching a bit here...but getting hurt sucks.
Adam
Most of the time I just get scrapes on my hands. But lately I've been wearing Mechnix gloves to work on the car and I'm injury free.
Other things I always use deppending on the task:
Safety glasses, gloves, knee pads, hearing protection, protective barriers. (Ie saw guards, cardboard for soldering.)
All pieces that I work on are usually clamped or secured so that the above doesn't happen. I never use my body to apply pressure to a tool and my workpiece at the same time. (Ie. holding a piece of wood while moving the router on it)
I realize I'm preaching a bit here...but getting hurt sucks.
Adam
