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[Sir Tigger KC]

after I sprayed carb cleaner straight in to my eye I never forget my safety glasses now

Ooooo I bet that brought a tear to your eye!    Good way of clearing up conjunctivitis though...   

[Webby the Bear]

after I sprayed carb cleaner straight in to my eye I never forget my safety glasses now

Ooooo I bet that brought a tear to your eye!    Good way of clearing up conjunctivitis though...   

  burned a lot! and spent couple of hours down the eye clinic  luckily no damage though  apparently the hole in the nozzle is where it sprays out of 

[cnj]

some years ago our farm fitter cut a piece of steel with a disc cutter, and then proceeded to pick up one of the cut ends without deburring first, not a particually wise move, as his next stop was the local minor injuries unit !

[albitz]

For several years I worked in a fettling shop grinding & cutting cast iron.Sparks in the eyes was an occupational hazard,and could never be completely stopped no matter what ppe was used. I suspect that may have been a contributory factor in me needing glasses quite early.
Our manager bought a load of old equipment from a company which was closing down.These were what he called "hi cycle" grinders.
They were old and worn out,but scarily powerful.One day my workmate was using a 9 " version and the guard slipped off the body of the grinder,due to wear on the body,so the clamp wasn't effective.The guard and disc hit him so hard it knocked him off his feet,breaking several ribs and making a very nasty hole on his arm.He had about 6 weeks off work and enough of a claim to pay off hos mortage.
Those were the days.

[aaronjb]

some years ago our farm fitter cut a piece of steel with a disc cutter, and then proceeded to pick up one of the cut ends without deburring first, not a particually wise move, as his next stop was the local minor injuries unit !

Never needed medical treatment for it but I have, once upon a time, picked up a piece of offcut immediately after chopping it off. Ooh it was hot..

I also managed to stick my hand on the end of a piece of studding that I'd just ground down, too. I even thought, right before it, "Better not stick my hand on that"..

Still, it could be worse, there was the time 2woody set fire to the Jag in my garage with the plasma cutter... (OK, that was more comical than anything else)

[omega3000]

I sliced my fingers open on a make shift tin oil can that had the side cut out to drain oil into , luckily next door was a sexy nurse that took me to A&E 

Always have a fear of tin cans now