Just to remind Everyone about safety

Justin.Mercier said:
When over at IG's this fall, David Schott was pressing down some 1" W2 round stock he had an dwas making some integreals out of when the pin on IG's press broke. It was LOUD and i'm sure that had anyone been standing behind the press where the piece shot, they'd have a nice hole through themselves right now.

When the two halves of hte pin were found, it could be seen that the pin must have been cracked for some time, but due to the location of the crack it wasnt ever visible untill it had failed. Just goes to show that even if you inspect your equipment, you still need to wear safety gear so that when the unexpected happens, you're prepared
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Justin, that's a very good point.:thumbup: I got to safety wire them. Maybe that way they will not shoot out so far.:confused:
 
My foreman once raised a nice welt on his forehead, leaning over a new parts-cleaning bin... on the pegboard behind it were a few hooks with safety glasses hanging from them. Yes, that's right, he nearly put his damn eye out on a hook holding safety glasses. Thankfully he wasn't hurt bad, and he appreciates the irony.
 
GibsonFan said:
My foreman once raised a nice welt on his forehead, leaning over a new parts-cleaning bin... on the pegboard behind it were a few hooks with safety glasses hanging from them. Yes, that's right, he nearly put his damn eye out on a hook holding safety glasses. Thankfully he wasn't hurt bad, and he appreciates the irony.
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That is great.

Worst injury I have had while working was I had a pavilion fall and hit me in the back of the head. Luckily the nail that embedded itself in my neck only grazed my spine and nicked the bone. Still not too sure what all happened right before that thing hit me though.
 
The worst work accident I ever had... I wish I didn't remember how it happened. :(

It was my first full-time factory-type "real" job... cutting countertops and carpets for a typical remodeling place. Wellll.... the countertops came in 8-12' lengths and were stacked in our warehouse, on end, in steel racks bolted to the concrete floor. All leaning the same way, naturally.

Guess who was in a big hurry to unload an incoming truck and stacked a few leaning the wrong way, on the end? That's right. Not only that, but when I saw the whole damn row start to tip, I jumped in to try and stop the domino effect. Not smart. I wound up in a pile of counter-top stock to my thighs, heavily bruised from the ankles to almost my waist. It was a real bear digging my dumb ass out of that mess :o. Not the smartest way to learn about practical applications of Newton's laws, but it sure stuck with me.
 
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