Using pressure washer wanted to do a small piece I had in my hand. Couldn't control the kick when I blasted the part. Took 3/4" piece of skin between thumb and fore finger so it oozed blood. Want to torture somebody that's a tool.
A painful lesson on using guards.
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Now you know how a fish feels !!
Some nights I come out of the shop looking like a porcupine - especially when the wire wheel is wearing down and the wires fly out more easily.
mikeyfrano
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The worst part is when they used a fingernail brush to scrub the wound
No, but that is some what worse! A little closer to the ear wouldn't need a hospital bed. You or a friend?
Nobody I know; just from my collection of photo's I used for safety training when the gist was given to me to deliver a 'strong' message...that poor guy looks like he was in a world of hurt and likely have a scar to tell his grandkids about.
You're right, that guard is the first thing I always take off. Thanks for sharing! The up side, if there is one, if you leave your wife, the scar won't keep you from getting another women. As kern wouldn't say......... Know what I mean!!
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I was working part time at a woodworking plant on maintenance and witnessed a young guy cut his finger off on a band saw. We wrapped his hand in a cloth, picked his finger up out of a pile of sawdust and rushed him to the ER. They sewed it back on.
A couple of weeks later he sawed it off again at the same band saw! Rinse, lather, repeat. Some people get it, some don't.
A couple of weeks later he sawed it off again at the same band saw! Rinse, lather, repeat. Some people get it, some don't.
66Satellite47
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A friend of mine had 1/2 thumb lopped off, sewed back on, had it cut back off a year later.
MiradaMegaCab
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Beer first.
I mean, safety first!!!
Hemirunner
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Agreed. Haven’t used one in 30 years. I don’t like the locking triggers. I use the paddles. If your hand comes off, the grinder shuts off.
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Geez!!I was working part time at a woodworking plant on maintenance and witnessed a young guy cut his finger off on a band saw. We wrapped his hand in a cloth, picked his finger up out of a pile of sawdust and rushed him to the ER. They sewed it back on.
A couple of weeks later he sawed it off again at the same band saw! Rinse, lather, repeat. Some people get it, some don't.
Had a younger kid I grew up around that was constantly making bad decisions, got wrapped up in a 3/4" drill, a 7 1/2" grinder got him then one day it was a faulty gun that should have been trashed... That one ended his life way to early.
Watched my elderly neighbor stick his hand in the back of plainer discharge to clear some chips, fortunately that only cost him some skin... He was already missing a hand from a farming accident years ago!
Yeah - bandsaws! One time doing some grocery store inspection with the store manager, one of the employees from the meat dept came running up saying a worker cut part of his thumb off cutting sausage. The blade guide was all the way up so handling the greasy meat his hand slipped over the top into the blade. That's why the guide should be set an 8th to 1/4 inch above the stuff being cut so ya hit that instead of da blade. As well, can't tell ya how many deli employees lost tips of their fingers on those meat slicing machines.I was working part time at a woodworking plant on maintenance and witnessed a young guy cut his finger off on a band saw. We wrapped his hand in a cloth, picked his finger up out of a pile of sawdust and rushed him to the ER. They sewed it back on.
A couple of weeks later he sawed it off again at the same band saw! Rinse, lather, repeat. Some people get it, some don't.
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I grew up in a store/butcher shop. My old man bandsawed a finger through the bone at least 3 times that I can remember and had it sewn back on and wore a leather "sock" over it until it healed. I learned the first time (when I was about 8) and still have the scar 3/4's of the way through my right index finger.. and I still hate using a band saw!
Here's a couple photo's of an accident investigation on a boring bar machine. The operator decided to check something leaving the spindle rotating...his clothes got snagged. They were torn from his body and he was flipped over the spindle. He survived (last I was informed) but just massive-massive injuries. Some of his muscles were torn from the bones. Similar events almost always are fatal.
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Band saws are one of the worse imo. I'm always leery of using them and have always been very particular with safely using them. My first encounter with one was in jr high wood shop and our safety lesson for that one machine was probably double of all the others. We also had a very good safety program at work and was pretty surprised that no one in the machine shop was missing any digits!
Same here and am always thinking about not being in the 'line of fire' so to speak. Also never hold the cord or air line as I've seen that very same thing happen before that the OP posted about. As for not using the guard....done more damage to wheels with one than without. And like mentioned, some get it, some don't and then there are the ones that I don't want working anywhere near me!
Hemirunner
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My Dad always called those “the ones that shouldn’t own tools” lol
I see there are many 2 timers plus. Guy I work did table saw twice cut same thumb. Beer was involved
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