BigCountryMopar
Well-Known Member
Saturday evening, I was working on the flatbed and I needed to do a little cutting. I was using my 4 1/2” dewalt angle grinder and cut off wheel. The guard was off, having no time to waste, I used it anyway. On my second weld the grinder kicked and since I was holding the cord in my left hand, it Swung into my right forearm. Of course I had the trigger locked. After it struck my arm, it hit the ground ruining the wheel. I bent down to shut it off and realized it had got my arm pretty good. When I went in the kitchen to wash it out, my wife, my grandmother, and my mom all had a fit. I ended up going to the small local hospital and ended up with them cutting off some charred skin and getting 8 stitches. Spent 2 hours in ER, when I could’ve spent 3 minutes putting on the guard and probably avoided the incident.
Moral of the story is, use guards when your equipment calls for them .
Moral of the story is, use guards when your equipment calls for them .