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Postby Laredo » Mon May 21, 2007 8:53 pm

I have seen a cut like that before; a '73 El Camino radiator fan blade nearly took my dad's thumb off. The 42 stitches were not the problem -- the blood poisoning afterward was.

If you're going to use tools, be careful.

Tools vary in size and ability to hurt you from a teeny brass safety pin to a worm-drive saw. Bigger ones will do more damage faster, and you may find that shock keeps you from noticing the damage early enough to abort the process. Kitchen knives, rotary cutters, sewing machines, awls, graters, rasps, sanders, anything driven by a belt or motor, razors, utility knives, and fishing line (not to mention horsehair) can slice you before you know it. Some tools also hurl projectiles at you if you aren't careful enough, and those may either cut, puncture, or embed into your skin/the meat underneath. So be careful.



If you're going to work, be careful.


If you go to shut the truck door, be careful.


If you're going to cook, be careful.

If you're going to build, be careful.

If you're going to clean up your worksite or your after-meal cook site and dishes, be careful.

If you go to comb the cat, be careful (no stitches, but yes, I have blood poisoning too :( -- and be damned if I"m gonna brush that furry bugger's teeth for him, anytime soon. ).

If you're tired or it's been a long day or you've had too much caffeine or you're pithed as all get out because your boss / building partner / coworker /significant other is too busy being a jerk to notice you're working, or if you're on the next-to-last beer, be careful (and for the love of all that's holy don't drive!!!).

And if you weren't careful, WASH YOUR HANDS!!!


Make damned sure the doctors, nurses, EMTs, or helpful friends with towels (or neighbor kids with milk for knocked-out teeth ...) WASH THEIR HANDS BEFORE YOU LET THEM NEAR YOU, too.

The fan blade was a new one. Where the antibiotic-resistant staph germs came from, on the other hand, was probably the doctor's (much bloodstained) white coat in the ER, for my dad. One shot of penicillin wasn't anything like sufficient -- and antibiotic-resistant infections really do give you chills, fever, and an altered mental state; the swelling and red streaks running toward the chest, alas, didn't wash off the way actors do them in the movies.

(I was luckier. Squirt-bottle-peroxide and gobs of Neosporin, and three days later it's nearly as good as new. But the day after the bite, it looked like a purple sausage with a fingernail embedded in it, and I couldn't bend any of the knuckles.)
Mopar's what my busted knuckles bleed, working on my 318s...
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Postby Miriam C. » Mon May 21, 2007 9:11 pm

:o BITE----owweeeee. I hate bite. Get well soon girl. Careful isn't always enough but it sure beats the alternative. :thumbsup:
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Postby martha24 » Mon May 21, 2007 9:37 pm

Even opening the mail, you need to be careful.
Paper cuts can be nasty. :cry:
The worst one I ever had was from a piece of thin cardboard. :roll:
At least I never heard of someone loosing a finger from a paper cut.
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Postby critter » Tue May 22, 2007 8:13 am

O k GUYS,
NOBODY else can get hurt....thats enuff just stop it.You just cant finish your tear iffan you always cuttin off fingers and stuff! :oops: :cry:
Hope yall feel better soon but dont do it any more! :D
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Postby Todah Tear » Thu May 24, 2007 12:40 pm

Miriam,

Sooo sorry you cut your fingers! If you put some aloe vera or some Golden Seal (herb) powder on it, it will heal faster w/minimum scarring.

I guess we need to start a Tear injury list.

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Postby Joseph » Thu May 24, 2007 12:51 pm

Todah Tear wrote:I guess we need to start a Tear injury list.

I think Miriam goes immediately to the top. IIRC this isn't the first, is it Miriam? Hope you heal up quickly.

For myself, I can't build ANYTHING without baptizing it in blood...

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Postby Joseph » Thu May 24, 2007 12:57 pm

Laredo wrote: If you go to comb the cat, be careful (no stitches, but yes, I have blood poisoning too :( -- and be damned if I"m gonna brush that furry bugger's teeth for him, anytime soon. ).

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers". - William Shakespeare (Henry VI, Act IV, Scene II)

"The next thing we do, let's kill all the cats." Me, since my ex left me with hers and my daughter added her two into the mix.

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Postby Miriam C. » Thu May 24, 2007 1:41 pm

Joseph wrote:
Todah Tear wrote:I guess we need to start a Tear injury list.

I think Miriam goes immediately to the top. IIRC this isn't the first, is it Miriam? Hope you heal up quickly.

For myself, I can't build ANYTHING without baptizing it in blood...

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I think it comes with the territory. I just cry better. Thanks all! Besides mine are all weird stuff. Murphy is doing a fine job. He probably got a bonus on me.

Say Chris how is your finger?

Arron how is your eye? I hope everyone is better.
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Postby halfdome, Danny » Thu May 24, 2007 5:41 pm

Miriam C. wrote:
Joseph wrote:
Todah Tear wrote:I guess we need to start a Tear injury list.

I think Miriam goes immediately to the top. IIRC this isn't the first, is it Miriam? Hope you heal up quickly.

For myself, I can't build ANYTHING without baptizing it in blood...

Joseph


I think it comes with the territory. I just cry better. Thanks all! Besides mine are all weird stuff. Murphy is doing a fine job. He probably got a bonus on me.

Say Chris how is your finger?

Arron how is your eye? I hope everyone is better.


Sounds like "Tear Wars" If you can't build a tear with out some blood letting you can cry a tear :cry: .
What's needed is a safety course :hammerhead: "Build a tear without shedding a tear". :lol: Danny
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Postby Miriam C. » Thu May 24, 2007 7:08 pm

halfdome, Danny wrote:
Miriam C. wrote:
Joseph wrote:
Todah Tear wrote:I guess we need to start a Tear injury list.

I think Miriam goes immediately to the top. IIRC this isn't the first, is it Miriam? Hope you heal up quickly.

For myself, I can't build ANYTHING without baptizing it in blood...

Joseph


I think it comes with the territory. I just cry better. Thanks all! Besides mine are all weird stuff. Murphy is doing a fine job. He probably got a bonus on me.

Say Chris how is your finger?

Arron how is your eye? I hope everyone is better.


Sounds like "Tear Wars" If you can't build a tear with out some blood letting you can cry a tear :cry: .
What's needed is a safety course :hammerhead: "Build a tear without shedding a tear". :lol: Danny


I didn't shed a tear. :lady: The reason for posting this is so people will be for-warned. Pictures work.

Warning your table saw blades go in a wooden box not on a peg so they don't jump off and get you.

Warning the belt sander may fall on your tiny bare toes.

Warning the clamps leave bruises if you put them on your leg to help open them.

Warning table saws routinely sling things in the direction of the most tender part of your body.
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Postby halfdome, Danny » Thu May 24, 2007 7:47 pm

Evey mishap listed here could have been avoided if the safety rules provided with that piece of equipment had been followed. Accidents don't happen... with the exception, your sick and you poop your pants. I work all day long with power tools and I'm always conscience of what might happen if I take a short cut or don't follow good safety practices. The injuries listed in this thread are too many. :) IMHO Danny
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Postby Miriam C. » Thu May 24, 2007 7:50 pm

halfdome, Danny wrote:Evey mishap listed here could have been avoided if the safety rules provided with that piece of equipment had been followed. Accidents don't happen... with the exception, your sick and you poop your pants. I work all day long with power tools and I'm always conscience of what might happen if I take a short cut or don't follow good safety practices. The injuries listed in this thread are too many. :) IMHO Danny


Absolutely right! Well except, doesn't your table saw throw things at you? Let me guess, you do not cut small pieces with a table saw.
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Postby halfdome, Danny » Thu May 24, 2007 8:03 pm

Miriam C. wrote:
halfdome, Danny wrote:Evey mishap listed here could have been avoided if the safety rules provided with that piece of equipment had been followed. Accidents don't happen... with the exception, your sick and you poop your pants. I work all day long with power tools and I'm always conscience of what might happen if I take a short cut or don't follow good safety practices. The injuries listed in this thread are too many. :) IMHO Danny


Absolutely right! Well except, doesn't your table saw throw things at you? Let me guess, you do not cut small pieces with a table saw.


If I cut small stuff (under 2") I use a push stick shaped like a leg from 1/2" Baltic Birch and I may use a hold down or a feather board depending what the task is at hand. If it's really small like trying to make a 1/16" shim out of lumber I cut from the other side with the large piece against the fence. If your table saw is throwing stuff at you you may have an out of square fence. With the saw off and the breaker off too measure a saw tooth at 10" and then roll the blade to the other side to see if you get the same dimension. Also measure the groove in the saw table to the fence. The out board side should be a hair bigger to prevent material from binding. :) Danny
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Postby Miriam C. » Thu May 24, 2007 8:14 pm

halfdome, Danny wrote:
Miriam C. wrote:
halfdome, Danny wrote:Evey mishap listed here could have been avoided if the safety rules provided with that piece of equipment had been followed. Accidents don't happen... with the exception, your sick and you poop your pants. I work all day long with power tools and I'm always conscience of what might happen if I take a short cut or don't follow good safety practices. The injuries listed in this thread are too many. :) IMHO Danny


Absolutely right! Well except, doesn't your table saw throw things at you? Let me guess, you do not cut small pieces with a table saw.


If I cut small stuff (under 2") I use a push stick shaped like a leg from 1/2" Baltic Birch and I may use a hold down or a feather board depending what the task is at hand. If it's really small like trying to make a 1/16" shim out of lumber I cut from the other side with the large piece against the fence. If your table saw is throwing stuff at you you may have an out of square fence. With the saw off and the breaker off too measure a saw tooth at 10" and then roll the blade to the other side to see if you get the same dimension. Also measure the groove in the saw table to the fence. The out board side should be a hair bigger to prevent material from binding. :) Danny


:lol: Yeah I figured out to get to the other side. I think the warning about the out of true saw is too late. I smoked it. Just the blade wobbled and smoke came out. Loud squeal too. :cry: When/if I find the manual I will see what I broke. :roll:

Now wobbling blades are scary. So I turned it off and put it away.
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Postby halfdome, Danny » Thu May 24, 2007 8:32 pm

Miriam C. wrote:
halfdome, Danny wrote:
Miriam C. wrote:
halfdome, Danny wrote:Evey mishap listed here could have been avoided if the safety rules provided with that piece of equipment had been followed. Accidents don't happen... with the exception, your sick and you poop your pants. I work all day long with power tools and I'm always conscience of what might happen if I take a short cut or don't follow good safety practices. The injuries listed in this thread are too many. :) IMHO Danny


Absolutely right! Well except, doesn't your table saw throw things at you? Let me guess, you do not cut small pieces with a table saw.


If I cut small stuff (under 2") I use a push stick shaped like a leg from 1/2" Baltic Birch and I may use a hold down or a feather board depending what the task is at hand. If it's really small like trying to make a 1/16" shim out of lumber I cut from the other side with the large piece against the fence. If your table saw is throwing stuff at you you may have an out of square fence. With the saw off and the breaker off too measure a saw tooth at 10" and then roll the blade to the other side to see if you get the same dimension. Also measure the groove in the saw table to the fence. The out board side should be a hair bigger to prevent material from binding. :) Danny


:lol: Yeah I figured out to get to the other side. I think the warning about the out of true saw is too late. I smoked it. Just the blade wobbled and smoke came out. Loud squeal too. :cry: When/if I find the manual I will see what I broke. :roll:

Now wobbling blades are scary. So I turned it off and put it away.


I don't know if you have a belt drive or direct drive table saw. The squeal may be the belt and you could have burned up a bearing in the motor or the arbor or you may have bent the blade or loosened it. Dull blades have a tendency to kick back too. :) Danny
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