Cdat

Left the Muzzle Boresight Device in and fired a round through it.

justin2009

How many push-ups did that cost?

"You just ruined a $2.3 million gun barrel and a $20,000 bore sighting tool. Drop and give me a trillion!"

jana88

I also got the same bruises too. I'll post pics next time.

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wolfdog

I've lost the meat on the end of both middle fingers to that carnivore we call the table saw. Now I have two basic rules that I try to never abandon...

1. Never stand directly behind the blade when cutting, cuz sooner or later it's coming back at you.
2. Keep the blade as low as possible; that way it takes meat and not bone.

PTL the accidents have been few and relatively minor. I think the doctor created more pain than the table saw did when he injected anesthesia into the end of the finger four times before stiching

I saw a blade in my dad's skil saw that bound and bent almost 90 degrees straight out from the side of the saw! Never seen that done before or after, but it sure got my attention...

CAFrye

I've been very fortunate to never have a serious tool-related injury myself, but I've seen two very bad ones:

1. Laying stone with my dad in 2003, we had a hod-carrier get a little too comfortable with a mortar mixer. Mind you, this is not a rolling drum mixer, this was a barrel with spinning whips. Now although the whips do not move that fast, they don't stop for anything in their way. The hod carrier tried using his fingers to push excess mortar back into the barrel while it was mixing . The first whip came over and grabbed his fingers, pulling them down, and the second whip took almost everything below his elbow. To make matters worse, in reaction he grabbed the top of the drum with his other and lost all four fingers on that one . My dad, being old-school, chewed his ass all the way to the hospital , because the hod carrier had just been brought back from non-pay-suspension for doing the exact same thing.

2. The second involved the exact same mixer. And another genius hod carrier using a shovel to apparently "try and break up a dry clump". The whips grabbed the shovel, forced it down and turning it into a lever, and sending the handle up into the hoddies jaw, shattering it.

Rule to live by: Our flesh is not as strong as wood, metal, concrete, or even plastic. If a tool is meant to cut any of those, then our bodies aren't even a challenge!

rrbrown

I got one of those last week, no pics and I heal fast. Damn thing stung though. I was in a hurry like so many accidents start grabbed a piece of wood that was glued just 4 hours earlier, started cutting and bam. I wish I had grabbed the wood off the correct pile.

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dollis

When I was doing some dismantling and removal of some equipment, I heard a coworker say “Hey man. Watch this!" These four words literally changed my life. He drew back a 2.5lb blacksmiths hammer (small sledge with a V point on the other side) and hit a cast aluminum bearing holding 900lbs of steel. The bearing shattered just as he expected it to but, he did not think where it would go. I was pinned against a block wall for 3 1/2 hrs before I was finally cut out. The whole time I was pinned down with the weight on my right leg. My ACL was tore, right thigh muscle was crushed, the skin was tore away from the muscle and the muscle was tore from the bone. I was in rehab for 4 1/2 months before the swelling went down enough to see the ACL tear. I had 1 1/2 L of fluid drained from my leg every 3 days for 2 months. I had the ACL repaired (on Christmas Eve) and was in rehab for another 2 1/2 months. I still to this day have a "dent" in my right thigh 5" wide and 1/2" deep. The crush injury was not done messing up my life with just the 9 months of pain, not by a long shot. 2 yrs later, I found it had been causing blood clots the hard way. Super bowl Sunday I was playing a number game with my son on the computer when my chest felt like I had a hot poker stuck in my heart and my left shoulder went dead. I could not move it and felt like it was on fire. My wife took me to a local hospital where I was diagnosed as having a anxiety attack (yes for real) The doctor was in shorts, ball cap and a jersey (looked like he was walking out the door). The head nurse waited until he left and brought in another doctor who looked at my left hand(all my fingers were blue) and screamed for the nurse to get and ETA on Star flight, followed by a too long get a bus ready NOW. I was in and out for a little at this point I remember the doctor telling the ambulance driver that if he stopped or slowed down I was dead. Last thing I remember was being shoved into the ambulance and hearing the sounds of the ambulance crossing a rumble strip and feel the ambulance driving in the ditch around traffic. I started to regain conscious about 3 days later in an ICU ward only to hear someone yell for a doctor and see my brother sitting in the room (we have had a VERY rocky relationship) and I thought OMG if he is here I am going to DIE. I felt a small burning in my arm and all went black again. Six days later, I woke up. My wife and kids were there this time and no brother. She was told that I had about a 10-15 % chance to make it. I had a six-inch long blood clot in my shoulder that they had to put a blood thinner drip on to get it to dissolve. They also found over 100 other clots in my lungs. My heart valve was tore when the clot went threw it so I have a hole in my heart now. I now have a filter in my heart that looks like an umbrella frame to break up any more clots that come loose. I was AGAIN in rehab this time I was inpatient for over 3 months. I had to learn to walk again my leg muscles were shot. I was on a walker for over a month, about 6 weeks on crutches, followed by 4 months as an outpatient. I was in the hospital 2-3 more times for swelling in my legs, it would get so bad my skin would split open and leak fluid out. One weekend I went in and put on an IV, I lost 43 lbs in 2 ½ days. I spent the next 18 months with my doctor every 2 weeks trying to get my life back to normal we did everything we could to have a normal life until I finally realized “I can’t do this”. I had to give up many things that I enjoyed for the ability to walk the next day. I am on disability now (officially for seizures, hand tremors, cardio limitation, and muscular limitations). It took me two days after I drilled and faced bunch of pen blanks to be able to walk down the stairs to the shop again.

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PTownSubbie

Man this thread has definately reminded me that I am lucky to not have had a major accident. A few small kickbacks but the sharp things in my shed have my respect and as long as you keep it that way, I think things will remain good.

Man Dollis, I hope the guy that hit that bearing paid for his stupid act. Why did he do it?

justin2009

All of this is precisely why I've taken a recent interest in hand tools. The more I can plane, saw, and chisel by hand, the better.

Nate1778

Been to the hand surgeon because of a chisel.

justin2009

I'm sure that there is still danger, as I've several scars from a razor sharp chisel as well.

But you have to want to cut a finger off with a hand saw. In fact, I just made my own dovetail saw and laid my finger wide open testing its sharpness. Aside from cuts, however, I don't have to worry about kickback or lopping something off as quickly.

Garmar

Wow...my skin has been crawling for 7 pages now!

I've been a cabinetmaker since '92 and have had a couple of close calls back when I was green. Still have all my digits thankfully. I did get nipped while making some 45 degree wall molding. I was making a test piece about 12 inches long. So you can probably put the rest of it together. An unearthly squealing followed by a loud bang and a trip to the hospital. It took the tip of my left thumb off at a 45 degree angle. If the blade had been at 90 I would have lost it about halfway up my thumb.

It gave me problems for about 10 years - mostly in the cold. Got a thick scar there and a healthy dose of respect for table saws to show for it.

Itchy Brother

All this makes me want tp be more patient in my work-altho it sure is CREEPY! Itchy

Charlie C

We were ripping some boards in cold winter with a 16 inch saw mill. My fatherinlaw was cutting with gloves on and one of them stuck to some frost on the log. Needless to say his hand followed the board right into the blade he lost a thumb and 2 fingers before he could get away from it.
Warning! Never wear gloves or sloppy long sleeve shirts when operating power tools

TexasTimbers

Also don't forget, never crawl into a wood chipper while it is running.

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Charlie C

This is a true story If I had not been there I would not believe it.
My brotherinlaw and my nephew were building a harley chopper in my garage. They needed to do some welding on the
frame but we had no welder. So off they go to borrow one. They soon returned with an old lincoln welder.
My old garage was wired 110 for lights only. They needed 220 for the welder. So they devised a plan to get it. I'm saying NO NO NO
They put clips on the ends of the leads like the ones used on a battery charger. They placed an aluminum ladder under the power lines that
goes to the house .( the old 3 wire system) I'm still saying NO NO NO. One held the ladder straight up because it was a little short to reach the wires the other one
ran up that ladder with wires in hand. I'm saying PLEASE NO NO NO. He laughed and peeled the insulation from one wire with a buck knife, the other two were easy the insulation was rotten and just crumbled off then clamped those clips onto the wires. And to top it off it had been raining all day so the ground was very wet.
They broke every rule of safety and got the frame welded without any problems.
I wish they could have seen the demonstration that public service did for our safety meeting with there portable generating station.

Charlie C

This is a true story If I had not been there I would not believe it.
My brotherinlaw and my nephew were building a harley chopper in my garage. They needed to do some welding on the frame but we had no welder. So off they go to borrow one. They soon returned with an old lincoln welder.
My old garage was wired 110 for lights only. They needed 220 for the welder. So they devised a plan to get it. I'm saying NO NO NO
They put clips on the ends of the leads like the ones used on a battery charger. They placed an aluminum ladder under the power lines that
goes to the house .( the old 3 wire system) I'm still saying NO NO NO.
One held the ladder straight up because it was a little short to reach the wires, The other one
ran up that ladder with wires in hand. I'm saying PLEASE NO NO NO. He laughed and peeled the insulation from one wire with a buck knife, the other two were easy as the insulation was rotten and just crumbled off. Then he clamped those clips onto the wires. And to top it off it had been raining all day so the ground was very wet.
They broke every rule of safety and got the frame welded without any problems.
I wish they could have seen the demonstration that public service did for our safety meeting with there portable generating station.

oldgoat49

This didn't result in any injuries. Just made me the most nervous around a saw than I've ever been. My Dad and I went out to my father in laws to cut some hedge for firewood that had been down for several years. Since it was eating up the chain saw pretty fast the FIL said he'd dig out the old buzz saw and we'd use it. So he dragged out the saw and hooked up the belt to his John Deere. Laying the logs in the tray to push through the saw spinning inches away from my hand just really made nervous. It didn't help that they were telling stories of the saw blades hitting wire or nails that had grown into the trees. Only did it the one time and that was enough for me.

Danno

Hello all. I was searching for some info on injury care, and after finding nothing but medical talk that I don't understand, I figured this place might be worth a shot.I was using a 3/8" laminate trimmer with a straight cutter to do some notches in a cabinet, and the router caught causing it to jump out of my hands. I now have a 1/2" x 1/4" deep groove where my thumb nail used to be. Looking back, there's safer ways of doing what I was trying to do, but hindsight's always 20/20, right? 18 years and no major injuries. I guess it was my time. At the emergency room, they treated it with a gauze-like material called Surgicel, and wrapped it up to stop the bleeding. I was told to leave it wrapped for 1-2 days. When I changed the dressing last night, the surgicel had absorbed all the blood, and is now dry but sticking to the wound. My question is this: If anyone has been treated with this stuff, do I leave it on? It's classified as an absorbable suture. I'm just not sure if I should leave it, or try and take it off.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nate1778

Wow, I am assuming you meant some of the gauze is left on the wound and you want to know if it needs to be removed. I would guess no, as it should be a scab and the scab will come off, with the left over gauze. If that happens again try to soak the bandage and wound in warm water to loosen the gauze from the wound. I am not a doctor though, hell I am barely a woodworker..........