Wake up call !!!!! BE CAREFUL GUYS

[Andy Greene]

Be careful out there guys- scary moment today at work ( we build custom homes ) The boss had a freak deal with a saw today and lets just say a good portion of his left calf is hamburger-

I watched it happen- tore my shirt off/ wrapped him up tight tossed him in my truck and off to the E/R we went. Luckly we where within a few blocks of the hospital, but it just goes to show.25 years on a jobsite and never been hurt like that- then bamm . Could have been alot worse Im sure, but it still wakes you up ........Im pretty sure I have seen more of the inside of a humans calf than I ever care to again, and no you dont want to see pics, lets just say the guy that caught the prop blade to the face was pretty close to as ugly as this one.

Skeered me .

Andy

 

[Glenn Gates]

Andy, I've worked around machinery and saws most of my life and retired a year and a half ago without more than a few stiches. Just about all the people I've known in construction take the guards off their saws "cause they get in the way". I'll never forget how I got my first job in a machine shop- I replaced a young man who had a thumb ripped off cause he was wearing gloves while operating a 20" disc sander. Sanders and grinders will grab cloth and pull it in- bare skin will get a rash. The manager of the shop gave me a quick demo by tying a red shop rag up it a tight ball and threw it into the running sander. All I heard was a bang and that 2" ball went thru the 1/16" gap between the table and disc in a heartbeat. All accidents could be prevented with common sense and respect for the power of the tools that are used. You should rename this thread wake up call.

 

[Andy Greene]

Yep your right Glenn- Whats the first thing you do to a new angle grinder if you work with one all day ????

Had to tell the bastage to take the weekend off while I finished out the job- hard headed f-ck / He is on crutches with a boot and cant stay away from the jobsite- :angry:

Andy

 

[Glenn Gates]

Yep your right Glenn- Whats the first thing you do to a new angle grinder if you work with one all day ????

Had to tell the bastage to take the weekend off while I finished out the job- hard headed f-ck / He is on crutches with a boot and cant stay away from the jobsite- :angry:

Andy

I know what you mean Andy- same manager that gave me my first "safety lesson" with the disc sander smashed his own thumb in a press brake about a month later-showed up for work the next day. One of the guy's said take a couple days off- He said "Hurts just as bad at home"! You do not find a bunch of sissies in construction or machine shops. Some get hurt once and you never see them again- the rest become more careful.

 

[Bill Gibson]

Glenn, im by no means a machinist, but i learned the hard way why one should NEVER leave the T handle in the chuck on a lathe...i also watched someone who opened the jaws up just a little too far then turned the lathe on.....pure luck that the guy didnt get hurt...or worse!

 

[Glenn Gates]

Glenn, im by no means a machinist, but i learned the hard way why one should NEVER leave the T handle in the chuck on a lathe...i also watched someone who opened the jaws up just a little too far then turned the lathe on.....pure luck that the guy didnt get hurt...or worse!

Bill my friend, I've learned more from others mistakes when I was young and that is why I still have 100% of my OEM parts intact. A bit of humor- I worked a job shop in the 1980's a fellow worker was seen taking a swig from a bottle of Schnapps behind the shop around 9 AM he was running a Mori Seki lathe with soft jaws on the chuck. He got his hand too close and broke a thumb. Hand in a cast he could not work so went to the local bar got tanked-fell on the way home and broke his other hand. He visited the shop a few days later with both hands in casts- all I said- You gotta take a whiz- Don't even ASK!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dwilfong]

well let me throw one at ya.

had a real dumb a$$ working on a Bridgeport with a 4'x8' floating table. Big A$$ mill top and side heads.

Told him do not climb mill with this machine! well dumb A$$ did it any way. to lazy to remount the piece to go at it the right way.

3" end mill in the thing and ran it up. not watching what he was doing and whacked the dingle berry Estop hanging under the pendent controls and BAM. Shard's of mill every where. Made the most god awful sound I have ever heard.

Ran over to him and saw a 2" shard stuck in his chest. didn't F him up too much pulled it out and started over.

First thing he did was to remount the piece.

DUMB A$$

David

 

[Glenn Gates]

well let me throw one at ya.

had a real dumb a$$ working on a Bridgeport with a 4'x8' floating table. Big A$$ mill top and side heads.

Told him do not climb mill with this machine! well dumb A$$ did it any way. to lazy to remount the piece to go at it the right way.

3" end mill in the thing and ran it up. not watching what he was doing and whacked the dingle berry Estop hanging under the pendent controls and BAM. Shard's of mill every where. Made the most god awful sound I have ever heard.

Ran over to him and saw a 2" shard stuck in his chest. didn't F him up too much pulled it out and started over.

First thing he did was to remount the piece.

DUMB A$$

David

Seen pretty much the same David- guy had a piece of Alum. sticking about 12" above the vise climb milling-told him it was not a good idea. Workpiece started vibrating and howling so he decided to steady it with his hand- another poor decision- cutter sucked the workpiece and his hand up into the mill cutter. He is a lifelong member of the 9 1/2 club.