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[mantahatch]

Don't look at picture if squeamish etc


This what happens when you take your goggles off whilst angle grinder is still spinning and the strap from the goggles is caught by the rotating blade.
This is a chap who I work with sometimes, thankfully not very often 


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[Varche]

Yikes 

[tunnie]

Ouch! 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Ooooo!   

[Gaffers]

Tbh, it doesn't look too serious (if a little painful) I cannot see any tissue damage just the full thickness skin lesion which, once debrided and stitched, should be ok.  He won't be doing much with that hand for several weeks though, it may well have to be immobilised slightly to ensure the stitches stay in tact.

The subject is very lucky.  There is an artery which passes very close to the wound area and that could have been pretty messy.

[Rods2]

Nasty, but I think most people underestimate how much inertia a disc cutter has after the power is turned off. You should NEVER put a disc cutter down until the disc has stopped turning. 

If I'm cutting bricks or blocks and feeling impatient then I will use an offcut to slow the disc down quicker and this also shows how much inertia there is. 

[aaronjb]

If I'm cutting bricks or blocks and feeling impatient then I will use an offcut to slow the disc down quicker and this also shows how much inertia there is. 

You'd never catch me doing something like that  (Or stopping a drill with my hand on the chuck .. that would be silly!) 

Familiarity breeds contempt and all that..

[Andy B]

Nasty, but I think most people underestimate how much inertia a disc cutter has after the power is turned off. You should NEVER put a disc cutter down until the disc has stopped turning.  ....

Also to keep a proper hold of them when starting them. My Makita 8"/10" ( ) grinder kicked as I started it and caught my shin .......  Very fortunately it just cut a hole in my overalls & made the tiniest mark on my leg, I considered myself very lucky.

[mantahatch]

If I'm cutting bricks or blocks and feeling impatient then I will use an offcut to slow the disc down quicker and this also shows how much inertia there is. 

You'd never catch me doing something like that  (Or stopping a drill with my hand on the chuck .. that would be silly!) 

Familiarity breeds contempt and all that..

I use a battery 12v drill and have to admit to holding the chuck to fit and remove bits all the time  Think I may have to rethink my attitude to such things.

[omega3000]

If I'm cutting bricks or blocks and feeling impatient then I will use an offcut to slow the disc down quicker and this also shows how much inertia there is. 

You'd never catch me doing something like that  (Or stopping a drill with my hand on the chuck .. that would be silly!) 

Familiarity breeds contempt and all that..

Always done that  Bad habit i guess 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Nasty, but I think most people underestimate how much inertia a disc cutter has after the power is turned off. You should NEVER put a disc cutter down until the disc has stopped turning.  ....

Also to keep a proper hold of them when starting them. My Makita 8"/10" ( ) grinder kicked as I started it and caught my shin .......  Very fortunately it just cut a hole in my overalls & made the tiniest mark on my leg, I considered myself very lucky.

I used to work with a bloke who had a massive scar that ran right up his chest and across his shoulder.  A 9" angle grinder kicked back when he started it, he wasn't holding it properly and it gouged it's way up his front and just missed his neck!!   

[I_want_an_Omega]

Some years ago, BT introduced an (official) ban on people borrowing power tools from Engineers - who were quite well equipped for external works.

Eventually it leaked out that the reason was that someone had borrowed a chainsaw & substantial ladder to work on a big tree in his  garden. He was an in-experienced chainsaw user.

It was alleged that there was the sound of three heavy objects hitting the ground. None of the objects was wood, one of them was the chainsaw - think about it 

[Webby the Bear]

Seeing how easy angle grinders shear through metal that doesn't look too bad..... lucky to still have a hand i'd say!

[omegod]

Had to have sparks scraped out of my eyes a few times , never sliced myself with one though

[Webby the Bear]

Had to have sparks scraped out of my eyes a few times , never sliced myself with one though

 

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