THE INJURY THREAD. Post your wounds here.

[Tradertom]

I think I will ignore this thread and suffer my agonies in private!

 

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[BigWaveDave]

I think I will ignore this thread and suffer my agonies in private!

Shucks.

 

[Xraywolf]

Ok Dave I will whet your bloodlust somewhat with this mild ouchie, Finger Vs Router pt 1 [glad it wasn't the bandsaw of there would be multiple pieces]

 

[BigWaveDave]

Oh Snap!....
When was this?....
Is this a "Today's Find"....or is this from the archives?...
Yea, the bandsaw would have made quite the mess for sure. Thanks for posting, and sure hope you heal well.

 

[kcm]

I'm curious to hear the story behind this one, also.

 

[Bamadad53]

I tried to post a picture of my reattached fingers but TN says I am not authorized to do so.

Bamadad

 

[BigWaveDave]

I tried to post a picture of my reattached fingers but TN says I am not authorized to do so.

Bamadad

Huh?.....
Why is that.....
I see you are a new member, have you posted pics before?.....what format are you using?

 

[BigWaveDave]

I authorize you, fwiw.....

 

[Bamadad53]

OK maybe I am doing this wrong. I go to insert a image and it asks me to pick a image from my computer, I do and then hit insert at which point a drop box appears and say I am not authorized to do so. Go figure. What am I doing wrong?

Bamadad

 

[BigWaveDave]

Umm...
Ok, click on "go advanced"
Then scroll down to manage attachments,
If you are on a laptop, go to either 'my pictures', or similar file....
Then upload it, should be able to attach that pic to your thread....
I'm not exactly sure, as computers and programs vary.....
You can also get a walk through in the Help forum.....

 

[Xraywolf]

Oh Snap!....
When was this?....
Is this a "Today's Find"....or is this from the archives?...
Yea, the bandsaw would have made quite the mess for sure. Thanks for posting, and sure hope you heal well.

Probably close to a year ago, I was attempting to put on a dust boot with the tool engaged ,,, I told myself in advance to be very careful, fingers are going to be close to the spinning bit, and the boot takes some wiggling to get it on. I even thought back, you think maybe then I should turn it off first ? To which I thought naw, no need. This will take 3 seconds, just be careful thats all.
My premonition was correct, and my finger engaged the spinning tool and quickly retreated. Really just tore up some skin, routers are pretty forgiving as far as cuts, by nature they are almost always localized and not too deep.

Had an incident at work a year before that, I was cutting off some dried adhesive from the back of a decorative piece with a razor knife that wasn't sitting flush because of the dried adhesive. Once again, I told myself in advance to be very careful, one slip and it could get messy. Seconds later, it slipped and tore into my palm with force. Ripped open my hand and cut down to the tendons, we aren't allowed to carry phones at this particular job site so no pics of that one unfortunately. Was probably lucky it didn't tear across my wrist, that would have been serious.

To those who might think I am a clumsy oaf that shouldn't be around sharp tools, I'm a journeyman union carpenter and have made my living and a significant part of my personal life using dangerous tools and doing dangerous things, those are the only 2 semi serious injuries I have had in decades [outside of nailing myself in the face with a claw hammer, but that didn't draw much blood - Saw some cool spinning stars though, just like on Popeye].

Goes to show, ignore that inner voice of caution at your own risk - Like good old mom, it always knows best.

 

[kcm]

Fortunately I tend to listen to my li'l voice when it comes to tools. UNfortunately, the same doesn't seem to apply when tools aren't involved!

 

[Bamadad53]

Beware of the chop saw

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Although this happened a few months back I still thought it would be of interest. To say the least to see ones 2 fingers hanging on by two small pieces of flesh is fairly traumatic. One thing is for sure bad thing happen quickly with power tools.

If this picture actually posted note the 3 stainless steel pins holding my fingers on.

Bamadad

 

[BigWaveDave]

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Although this happened a few months back I still thought it would be of interest. To say the least to see ones 2 fingers hanging on by two small pieces of flesh is fairly traumatic. One thing is for sure bad thing happen quickly with power tools.

If this picture actually posted note the 3 stainless steel pins holding my fingers on.

Bamadad

Hell yea!....Bamadad for the win! The steel pins are quite the accessory!
Glad to see you were able to get pics up....
And thanks for sharing.....

Now heal up well so you can post more pics....of your detecting finds!

 

[BigWaveDave]

..........outside of nailing myself in the face with a claw hammer, but that didn't draw much blood -

If I was drinking milk, it would have spit out my nose when I read this line.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Oh...and Bama.....
Yours is the first pic to make my wife turn her head in disgust.....
And I Thankyou for that!

 

[releventchair]

Ya, Bama' pic is pushing the ouch meter a ways.
Congrats on the recovery Bama!

 

[Xraywolf]

Chop saws and table saws are the worse offenders for serious injuries, and for some pretty obvious reasons. You really want to see some gore, check this site out and look at the stats too

Table Saw Accident Pictures

I use both sometimes 100's of times daily and I have to say, I respect the hell out of them more than any other tool and take nothing for granted. One of the worse injuries I ever saw on a job was a guy splitting his hand in 2 up to his wrist right between the ring ringer and middle finger, he was being careless around a 12" table saw. Survived but is a near complete invalid at age 29.
Bad thing for me is I saw something bad coming on and tried to intervene but he basically told me to take a hike and mind my own business. I wasn't in a position to bark out orders [sometimes I am], so I walked away and was not shocked when I heard him shrieking minutes later. I feel slightly guilty, but in retrospect there was nothing I could do to stop it short of what I already tried.

I'm more paranoid about kickbacks than cuts as kickbacks are highly unpredictable and can easily impale you, I know guys that have have wood propelled through their groin area. Best defense against them is always inspect the guide edge of the material for warps/protrusions ect that can cause binding, never disable safety features of modern saws like riving knife and anti-kickback arms. Never use dull blades, injuries/mishaps are far more likely with a dull blade, contrary to what most people would logically assume. Never freehand on a table saw, I see this alot on jobs and it makes me wince, very dangerous ,,, And most importantly, never be distracted by anything around you, and know the fleeting warning signs when the machine has reached its safe operating limit and is ready to bark at you.

 

[Bamadad53]

@Xraywolf

I hear you man. I am no newbie to either saw and always thought of myself as real careful. A kickback is what started my accident. Now every time I use that chop saw my butt cheeks clench up so tight I could use them as a vice. I was using that same saw today cutting a 2 by 10 between 2 knots when I got about 3/4 of the way through the tension in the wood gave way and clamped that piece of wood so tight to the blade the saw abruptly quit turning and scared the you know what out of me. I had to take a hammer and beat the board off that blade. I am getting to old for that kind of excitement

Bamadad.

 

[Oregon Viking]

Ouch!
I keep thinking about that as I look at my Porter Cable circular saw...... With the carpenter pencil holding back the guard.....

I cut a lot of these and the fingers can get close to the blade.