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Shooting Safety
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mPisi said:
I know I have hearing loss from shooting without ear protection up till I was in college. That, and seeing Ted Nugent 4 times live
hollowdweller said:I know I have hearing loss from shooting without ear protection up till I was in college. That, and seeing Ted Nugent 4 times live
Yea...rock n' roll, gunfire and motorcycles have cost me a bunch of hearing over the years. Funny that I never seem to hear what my wife says anymore...
Or, could that be 17 years of marriage?Jeff
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I think I lost hearing when I was younger. I blame it on agressive Q-tipping. 
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etp777 said:
That's pretty standard for MSDS. You can probably find one for water or table salt that says to wash it off with soap and water (!) In the absence of specific guidelines for what to do, companies often insert "common sense" - useful, but not so much in this case. You already know you should wash it off, but exactly how or what is sufficient isn't so clear. However, lead risks have been known for so long that special precautions which are proven to work may actually exist.
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Washing with soap and water works...at least, that's what we're told.
This is kind of a sore subject for me. Our indoor range's ventilation never seems to be working correctly and occasionally barely works at all; during the summer, the wind carries the dust from the outdoor berm directly into our faces. (Enough so that by the end of a course of fire, you're spitting out the grit.) The indoor range must be cleaned every couple of weeks or so and you know how that goes...
Yet, according to medical, since I'm not listed as a lead worker I do not need (and therefore will not get) a lead test. At least, that's what we're told. My family advised me to get tested by a civilian doctor but there's no guarantee that medical would listen to them and it would be out of my pocket.
Tomorrow is a light day. I think I'll swing by the clinic again. Thanks for the info.
This is kind of a sore subject for me. Our indoor range's ventilation never seems to be working correctly and occasionally barely works at all; during the summer, the wind carries the dust from the outdoor berm directly into our faces. (Enough so that by the end of a course of fire, you're spitting out the grit.) The indoor range must be cleaned every couple of weeks or so and you know how that goes...
Yet, according to medical, since I'm not listed as a lead worker I do not need (and therefore will not get) a lead test. At least, that's what we're told. My family advised me to get tested by a civilian doctor but there's no guarantee that medical would listen to them and it would be out of my pocket.
Tomorrow is a light day. I think I'll swing by the clinic again. Thanks for the info.
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Satori said:
A girl I used to work with told me her dad kept having shortness of breath. He kept going to the company doctor and the doctor kept telling him there was nothing wrong with him. ( this was back when plants actually had health insurance and a doctor on site) Anyway he finally paid out of pocket and went to another doctor and he had asbestosis real bad. So bad in fact he qualified for disability.
That's another of those things that messed people up. You always hear about these lawsuits over asbestos that are allegedly frivolous, and probably some are, but I've known quite a few folks pretty messed up by it. Esp, plant workers and boilermakers.