Ouch!!!

Never grab a spinning blade that gets bound up on a drill bit. Better yet, always use a vise :D
 
A freshly ground 90 degree angle on a blade back will cut you deep, wide and continuously. Ask brother Harry how long it took him to get over that one. I'm just healing up from the unused push stick trick myself. I found out I can get my thumb out of a saw almost as fast as I can push it in. I said almost. That Super Glue is some wonderful stuff. I wonder if there is a way to incorporate some pain killer into it.
 
Just a couple of days ago, I had a grinding wheel shatter on me. Luckily I was wearing a full face shield. Pieces of it hit the mask. That could have hurt.

Another time, I was in a rush and holding a piece of micarta by hand to finish drilling a hole with the press. Wouldn't you know it bound up on me and tore the living hell out of my finger. I was gushing blood and lost half of my fingernail. Much profanity ensued.
 
never clamp a blade to a table with the edge hanging over. I sliced my arm pretty good once when I dropped a file and bent down to pick it up.
 
Never buy any kind of grinding abrasive disks or cheap high-speed tools from a Dollar Store or Liquidation store. They have a tendency to not stay in one piece. Get the best you can afford.
 
''Never buy any kind of grinding abrasive disks or cheap high-speed tools from a Dollar Store or Liquidation store. They have a tendency to not stay in one piece. Get the best you can afford.''
i would normally agree with you on this but i have always purchased my chop saw blades from harbor freight but recently picked a pack of dewalt disks about 3 times the cost and they suck they flex so much when applying pressure they scare me anbody else notice this?? bb
 
1) Face shield, or goggles if you don't have a face shield
2) a GOOD dust mask under the face shield. - you don't want Black Lung disease
If you don't have a Fage Shield, make sure your goggles fit well with that dust mask - NO GAPS.

Even then, look out. I wiped the sweat off my brow after grinding a new chisel, and a flat chip of steel found its way from my glove to my eyebrow, and then into my eye! No damage, though. A cheap but permanent lesson. If I have to wipe my face, I reach for a clean cheap hand towel I keep in the filing cabinet under my bench. Not even the wood dust gets in there.
I always keep a good medical kit handy in the shop. My wife is disabled & can't help me much with an injury, so I know I'm on my own.

Just like a motorcycle - stay scared & you stay safe.
 
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