Author Topic: safety lesson learned the hard way (Read 1897 times)

gregwaits · « **on:** May 22, 2007, 10:49:15 PM »

As embarrasing as it is to admit, here goes.

I was stripping the residual rust and stubborn paint off of a gas tank using a hand drill with a wire strupper wheel attachment. Sweating like a pig in the middle of this, I foolishly had a towel draped around my neck.

Yes, it happened; the wire wheel caught the edge of the towel, wrapped it up in a split second and the next thing I know, I cold cocked myself in the forehead with my right hand, still holding the drill. $:-\$

It could be much worse, but I have a small cut over the left eye for the trouble! I am just thankful the wire wheel wasn't what made contact with my less than pretty face.

I will never make the mistake of having a towel around my neck using a drill again. Guaranteed!

DarkRider · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2007, 11:01:50 PM »

Worst that could have come out of that was the drill jamming on and choking you with the towel..

seaweb11 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2007, 11:02:56 PM »

Don't you have a kid for that kind of work?

Gordon · « **Reply #3 on:** May 22, 2007, 11:14:41 PM »

Were you at least wearing your safety glasses?

750goes · « **Reply #4 on:** May 22, 2007, 11:26:08 PM »

I watched a relative do something similar many years ago...changed a drill bit and tightened it up with the chuck key...then climbed the ladder to drill the hole...positioned himself then pulled the trigger...

big yell...........................he forgot to take the chuck key out and it mashed his fingers about three times before he let go of the drill and jumped off the ladder...

I laughed but it was not funny to the person it happened to....

many stitches or just damage to pride

Raul CB750K1 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 22, 2007, 11:37:12 PM »

When I was 18 I had all my hair, and long at back's lenght. One day, using the drill, my hair got tangled with it. Luckily, it was not at full power, I had it switched off but with the spinning momentum it rolled up to my head. It was painful, and removing the hair from it was difficult and embarrassing.

There is something I'm over-zealous with: safety glasses. I don't use the dremel tool, grinder or drill without them. I can deal with cuts, bruises and scars, but the last thing I want is to loss one eye when you can avoid it.

Raul

gregwaits · « **Reply #6 on:** May 22, 2007, 11:44:43 PM »

Quote from: Gordon on May 22, 2007, 11:14:41 PM

Were you at least wearing your safety glasses?

Yes, I was wearing glasses and a mask. Should have been a hockey face mask!

Gordon · « **Reply #7 on:** May 22, 2007, 11:48:56 PM »

Quote from: Raul CB750K1 on May 22, 2007, 11:37:12 PM

When I was 18 I had all my hair, and long at back's lenght.

Are you saying you had a mullet!? SWEET!

And yes, I learned my safetly glasses lesson with a dremmel. All it took was one tiny shard of metal hitting my eye (no actual damage, luckily) to make me realize what could very easily happen.

750goes · « **Reply #8 on:** May 23, 2007, 01:22:52 AM »

just like being hit with a fly at 50mph with no visor or visor up - your eye hurts like hell - and you swear you will never do it again until the next time...glad you were not badly hurt.............

ATGATT - is that right to apply that in this circumstance...??

Ingrid · « **Reply #9 on:** May 23, 2007, 02:33:23 AM »

My boyfriend had the same sort of thing happen this weekend.
His hair is long, all the way down his back. He was drilling in the top of an iron fence while I was standing on the other side holding the roofing plates up.
Everything went fine until a gust of wind caught his air and almost threw it at the drill. Luckily he did not use that little button to automate the drilling and he could stop the drillhead with his right hand or it would have ended in big problems..
Now he just lost 5 hairs during disentangling his hair.

gregwaits · « **Reply #10 on:** May 23, 2007, 05:47:40 AM »

LOL. Losing hair is not a problem with me!

merc2dogs · « **Reply #11 on:** May 23, 2007, 06:43:38 AM »

Working on cars taught me to put my hair in a ponytail and tuck it in my shirt.

dropped the engine in, then installed the tranny, which went without a hitch, went to hook up the clutch and install the driveshaft, got on the creeper, kicked myself under the car, and my hair wrapped up in a wheel, trying to roll out only tangles more hair in the other wheel and then you can't move off the creeper, so you're stuck there.
Luckily I still had the snips in my pocket from bypassing the park/nuetral safety switch while hooking up the clutch, so I ended up trimming off the hair with wire cutters. First haircut I'd had in 3 years. Keep it a little shorter now.

Ken.

DammitDan · « **Reply #12 on:** May 23, 2007, 07:41:48 AM »

*in a childish voice*

Why you hitting yourself... Quit hitting yourself...

dusterdude · « **Reply #13 on:** May 23, 2007, 08:59:12 AM »

Quote from: merc2dogs on May 23, 2007, 06:43:38 AM

Working on cars taught me to put my hair in a ponytail and tuck it in my shirt.

dropped the engine in, then installed the tranny, which went without a hitch, went to hook up the clutch and install the driveshaft, got on the creeper, kicked myself under the car, and my hair wrapped up in a wheel, trying to roll out only tangles more hair in the other wheel and then you can't move off the creeper, so you're stuck there.
Luckily I still had the snips in my pocket from bypassing the park/nuetral safety switch while hooking up the clutch, so I ended up trimming off the hair with wire cutters. First haircut I'd had in 3 years. Keep it a little shorter now.

Ken.

been there,i had mine cut when after riding one day it was tangled up i said the hell with it and went to the barbershop.now i keep it almost marine short.

merc2dogs · « **Reply #14 on:** May 23, 2007, 09:56:27 AM »

Quote from: dusterdude on May 23, 2007, 08:59:12 AM

been there,i had mine cut when after riding one day it was tangled up i said the hell with it and went to the barbershop.now i keep it almost marine short.

I just keep a good supply of pony bands around....

ken.

heffay · « **Reply #15 on:** May 23, 2007, 10:06:14 AM »

Quote from: merc2dogs on May 23, 2007, 09:56:27 AM

I just keep a good supply of pony bands around....

ken.

really? what type of music do they play... what do you feed them?

a buddy of mine stationed at fort riley when we were younger was cutting that metal banding that goes around crates and things that need heavy securing. as he cut it, it flung up and cut his eyeball... he couldn't be drugged because he had to keep his eye open when they put the stitches IN HIS EYEBALL. they were so tiny they were barely visible w/ the naked eye.

gregwaits · « **Reply #16 on:** May 23, 2007, 10:21:46 AM »

Quote from: heffay on May 23, 2007, 10:06:14 AM

Quote from: merc2dogs on May 23, 2007, 09:56:27 AM

..... it flung up and cut his eyeball... he couldn't be drugged because he had to keep his eye open when they put the stitches IN HIS EYEBALL. they were so tiny they were barely visible w/ the naked eye.

Raul CB750K1 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 23, 2007, 10:34:06 AM »

Quote from: heffay on May 23, 2007, 10:06:14 AM

Quote from: merc2dogs on May 23, 2007, 09:56:27 AM

I just keep a good supply of pony bands around....

ken.

really? what type of music do they play... what do you feed them?

a buddy of mine stationed at fort riley when we were younger was cutting that metal banding that goes around crates and things that need heavy securing. as he cut it, it flung up and cut his eyeball... he couldn't be drugged because he had to keep his eye open when they put the stitches IN HIS EYEBALL. they were so tiny they were barely visible w/ the naked eye.

My eyeballs hurt just by imagining it....

DarkRider · « **Reply #18 on:** May 23, 2007, 06:41:21 PM »

*looks for safety glasses just after reading that.....*

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Author Topic: safety lesson learned the hard way (Read 1897 times)