Laying on my side on the driveway, gas welding something ... set the torch down, pick up the hammer with my right hand ... while my left hand slowly drops while holding the "still hot at the tip" welding rod ... burns through my track pants, burns through my underwear and touches the end of my "dingus" ..... HOLY HELL, I thought I'd welded the little fella shut ... damn did that hurt. To make matters worse, I hadn't taken many yoga lessons at that point so I couldn't even kiss it better.
-- Edited by Pint and a Pound on Wednesday 27th of February 2013 06:35:12 PM
That does hurt, anything south of the waste and north of the knees hurts like hell. Back a while ago i was getting down off the combine and missed a step, well i should have let go of the ladder and did a 180 and could hear something pop in my upper arm even while the engine was running, lets just say i own more then one cordless type of drill.
-- Edited by Hibred on Wednesday 27th of February 2013 07:12:37 PM
as we all know injuries tend to go with custom fabbing and the such, well i cut about 1/4 into the tip of my finger with a zip cut yesterday, kinda slipped fumbled i guess and my finger met the still spinning blade. now they dont just cut, they burn as well, nice and painful too. no doubt most of you have injuries from other adventures in the shop.
Ya was wrestling a 400th in my car this aft lying on my back when tailstock met my wrist with a crunch. Need to move get a bigger shop and get a hoist.
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It's only a finger tip !! LOL I cut every tendon in my left arm when I slipped with a wrench, and my forearm slammed against the sheet metal of a car door's window opening.
Laying on my side on the driveway, gas welding something ... set the torch down, pick up the hammer with my right hand ... while my left hand slowly drops while holding the "still hot at the tip" welding rod ... burns through my track pants, burns through my underwear and touches the end of my "dingus" ..... HOLY HELL, I thought I'd welded the little fella shut ... damn did that hurt. To make matters worse, I hadn't taken many yoga lessons at that point so I couldn't even kiss it better.
-- Edited by Pint and a Pound on Wednesday 27th of February 2013 06:35:12 PM
Tore my distal bicep tendon 5 years ago removing a hood from a car. That's the one that connects the bicep muscle to your fore arm. Bicep went flat, sounded like a steak tearing. Surgery and 3.5 months off work. Year and a half before all the feeling was back in my hand. Learned the hard way WSIB is not your friend.
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Didn't happen to me, but way back when, I was installing a inground pool for a tobacco farmer, and he explained what he did. He was topping tobacco with a mechanical apparatus that was attatched to his highboy tractor. Somehow he got too close to the moving parts of this machine, when suddenly he had his pants tore off, along with all the skin around his johnston AND his scroutum. He said his twins just hung there like a coupla eggs. I darn near dropped to my knees, just imagining the pain.
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Other then the small fireball that set my head on fire Iv been fairly lucky .
You related to Michael Jackson?
We could of passed for brothers for a day or two then I just looked like the snake man for a week or so realy no harm done . Every one has allways said I look like Keith Richards much more pleasant then you ugly bastard.
Now that I got those images purged from my mind...moving on...
Freshly cut sheet metal with either manual or electric sheers makes one he11 of a razor....cuts right to the bone without hesitation. An don't even get me started on the burrs...
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im a contractor cut same thumb off twice with a skillsaw,stopped wedging guard up after the second time.numerous shot nails,through my wrist,shot foot to floor.thru finger,buddy shot me in back.one of the worst was a 2 inch sliver under the thumb nail,went in at least 1 1/2" dropped a 3/4 plywood sheet on my toes and broke all five toes,and toenails(first time i cried since i was a kid)
Yup, smashed the end of a finger with a hammer when I got mad at a stuck muffler clamp. I forgot a rule that I was taught many years ago - never, EVER get mad with a hammer in your hand. The finger still has no feeling at the end and that happened over 10 years ago.
Alright. I was working in a forge shop. Pulling a set of Dies out of a very large press and got impatient waiting for a fork-lift. I grabbed each end of the die (around 200lbs), pulled it close to my body & walked to a steel work table. Leaned my hips up to the table, set the far edge of the die on the table and pulled both hands out quick. BANG! Freaking die can right down on my pecker. The (female)nurse in Medical couldn't focus on the job at hand. Try to explain that blood-blister to your wife. All I could say was "take the pain, leave the swelling".
at my brothers work,imdustrial mechanics shop,a guy was carrying something heavy,he went to the bench and the bench was same hieght as his "package"as he leaned against the bench and dropped the thing in his arms he crushed his family jewels and his tool. track pants got banned from the shop after that.
Speaking of crushed packages. When the welding bench is about the same height as your package never lean into it wile talking to someone and flicking the end of the electrode with your bare hand. just a warning
also when sitting on the throne having a smoke,make sure there is enough clearance when dropping yur cigarette butt in the toilet.(while still sitting)very sore burn and wife wouldnt kiss it better.ask me how i know
Ya was wrestling a 400th in my car this aft lying on my back when tailstock met my wrist with a crunch. Need to move get a bigger shop and get a hoist.
