Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 Dear God above... The number of times when we've been on site for first fit's and there's usually one chippy somewhere with a finger tip missing that's been offered in sacrifice to the great god of the circular saw/chop saw. Was actually there in the room when it happened to one of them once; he was feeding 2x4 into the chop saw, set up on a trestle table when the table started tipping over, towards him. He had the typical instinctive reaction of pushing it back upright with his left hand, which slipped and ran the saw neatly through his index finger. Don't think anyone ever did find the missing top 1/2 inch of his finger Quote
s2rrr Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 Can't beat SteveDs post, in fact still a little clenched thinking about it. We had what could have been a very serious grinder incident at work when a guys jacket draw string became wound around the spindle. It was the hood drawstring and by some act of god the 9" disc stopped just as it wound him towards the grinder, it actually just touched his throat. Millimetres from his caraotid artery. He must be one of the luckiest guys alive still. He had a very light abrasion but the guy with him nearly had a heart attack as he watched it unfold. From then on all draw strings near machinery on site have been removed or designed out. Dangerous bits of kit in the wrong hands. Goggles a must, No dangly or loose clothing, fire your sparks away from combustibles, use a guard, make sure they are maintained, if you are doing loads of grinding watch out for weak/tired wrists which can't hold the grinder any more. Usual stuff but they and chainsaws take few prisoners. The newer models have quick stops as well. Stil got Steves image in my head and also his heated workshop, working naked, just very wrong, Fraser the cuffs please. No one ask for a photo either as you will get one. Lost 2 stone at the meet on Thursday lovely sauna no complaints, very toasty. Not as cold as I expected today either Bob . Quote
tmo Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) looooong time ago at work, lad grinding under a trailer, handle came off and grinder dropped onto his forearm two months off work ... day he came back a 40ft trailer reversed over his foot. so if your a round Barnslyy and you come across ...not the brightest lad with a limp and a large scar on his arm .. Edited February 4, 2012 by tmo Quote
Captain Colonial Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 My best self-harm was working on one of my Mustangs in the States. Timing the engine, I had a screwdriver resting on the air cleaner, which fell off and dropped into the rotating fan blades, which then propelled it at high speed back at me and into my left shoulder like a knife. I closed the hood, drove my newly timed car to the hospital with the screwdriver still stuck in my shoulder to the hospital and got sorted out. Never trusted that screwdriver after that... Oh, and ever grab a HT lead with your bare hand while an engine is running? How I laughed when my body stopped convulsing a few days later. Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 My best one was while stripping the really hard to get at circlip off the half shaft in a Sierra slippy dif, straining away, pulling hard at the clip, with my left hand bracing the crown wheel, the circlip pliers slipped off, and put the right angled tips right through the base of my left thumb. Calmly picked up a workshop wipe, bound it on the thumb with insulating tape and drove the thirty minutes to the casualty department. Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 Feck, that picture takes so long to load it sort of creeps up on you when you're not expecting it. Quote
pistonbroke Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 my mate drilled his d1ck while drilling on a bench slipped and went into his groin , scewing a pair of joggy bottoms and his jeans and overalls around the drill his overalls turned red and the drill only stopped when the plug came out of the wall , they then had to unturn the drill until he could remove it from his clothes ,he went to hospital and from memory had 26 stitches in hios d1ck , the nurses kept popping in to the treatment room as he was sat there with his manhood on a towell for all to see ,on the pinboard outside the room it said lasserations to penis that may have had summat to do with it 26 stiches in 1 pr**k ? no wonder the nurses were overcome Quote
Norman Verona Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 Oh, and never grab a HT lead with your bare hand while an engine is running? My first foreman had a party trick of holding a plug lead (running engine) and touching your nose. He convinced me that once you've had the initial shock (remember most coils produce 30,000 volts) then those that follow are just little "ticks". I've tried it several times but always drop the lead after the initial shock. Another trick we played was to wire the old Champion plug cleaner/tester to a metal bench, entice someone to touch the bench and the switch the tester on. Vehicle workshop accidents are so common most of us just take no notice. The ones you remember are the exceptions. Micky had replaced the clutch on a Datsun 140J Violet. He had replaced the box and was doing up the 4 prop shaft bolts to the diff flange. First one, turn prop, second...... does the third and turns the prop for the last time when the car falls off the back of the 4 poster lift! Now that wasn't so bad but it fell onto the back screen of a Bluebird. Again not so bad, only lumps of metal except that John was on the back seat of the Bluebird metal painting the damaged heated rear screen wires. He said after that he'd never jumped so much in his life as a car fell on him whilst he was inside another car. Both cars were right offs. Micky was never allowed to forget it. "Tell us how you tighten prop bolts up, Micky" Quote
markcoopers Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 I tested my HT leads and plugs by getting Chaz to hold them......we only tested one, but laughed for weeks Quote
tex Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 once made a disc sander [like a bench one bout a foot diameter] but used a washing machine motor - me and my brother first clicked it on in the shed - fook that! its gonna blow - so placed it in the middle of the lawn and then let it rip - lol - took about 10 seconds to completely obliterate itself.. never did try to make that again.. scarey S*** man Quote
Norman Verona Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Just remembered about a chap near here, an IT project manager, who was laying floorboards in his holiday home. The guard on his circular saw was getting in his way so he removed it. Helicopter to Angers to get his arm sewn back on. Quote
Steven (WE51STE) Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 I remember using an angle grinder once many moons ago whilst renovating a Triumph Spitfire. I was wearing a purple shell suit at the start of the work. However, the sparks ignited the trousers and they went up like a roman candle. I learned my lesson that day and I've never worn a shell suit since. Quote
Paul Edden Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 NURSE - MY EYES, MY EYES. HELP. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP... Quote
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