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Stupidity or Luck?

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in THE MAIN WALL
Can't be TOO careful out there Mike.

Why, just the other day, I was cutting up some aluminum Heat Transfer plate using a carbide bladed chop saw, went to put on the protective ear muffs, slipped and almost knocked my eye out...

Now THAT would a tough one to explain to the OSHA people. "He was putting on his hearing protection device and slipped and jarred his eyeball out of its socket..."

BTW, if you were breaking a fitting, you will find that backing it up with another hammer makes the job go MUCH easier. Takes the BOUNCE out of the BITE.

Surround yourself with good friends Mike. I know its been a tough year.

Merry Christmas

ME

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  • Mike T., Swampeast MO
    Mike T., Swampeast MO Member Posts: 6,928
    Modern Dentistry

    Using "enforcer" e.g. sledge hammer over my head today in a confined space. Object I was forcing rebounded and sledge hit me in the face.

    "Just" broke off a huge chunk of an upper frontal...with new apprentice watching as I was talking.

    Two hours later, back working at the same place and impossible to tell that the UV cured sealant over plastic matrix wasn't my original tooth. Just a patch for a few weeks to ensure that the nerve wasn't damaged before the complete replacement.

    Apprentice wants to be a machine operator but we'll be doing gravity piping work.
  • John Pipkorn
    John Pipkorn Member Posts: 12
    Ouch

    One of my guys was off for a couple of days after he scratched his eye while puting on a safety glasses!

    John
  • Mike T.
    Mike T. Member Posts: 4
    Mike, For sale.....

    Buffalo Bill's Ridell helmet, full size with Full frontal coverage. Mouth guard is extra, but will throw in for free as long as you don't do that again.....lol...:-)

    Mike T.

    P.S. I did something like that with a large log one time. Thought I'd split it by smacking it on another tree and the thing came back a smacked me right in the face...OUCH!.....

    Be careful.....
  • jp_2
    jp_2 Member Posts: 1,935
    ouch!!!

    yep, i recent whacked myself in the head with a hammer, sometimes you're just too close to your work...
  • Derrick Ellefson
    Derrick Ellefson Member Posts: 64
    Ouch is right

    Me and another guy were replacing a flange gasket on a 14ft ladder. His wrench slipped nocking him in the face and just about knocked him out. Luckly I was up there with him to grab him. That was lucky and stupid.
  • Larry (from OSHA)
    Larry (from OSHA) Member Posts: 727
    You guys are killing me!

    Jeez Mike, I hope you're not hurting too much. Sounds like it could have been lots worse. Please be careful.

    Hey ME, Stop the work first, then put on the protective gear. Oh, you probably know that! And I don't think there is much of anything that I would be surprised about any more!

    I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday season.

    Larry
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