Thanks, man. Had all the tools out and garage wide open. What's a guy to do? LOL Once I determined there was no bleeding, I figured I was fine. Lots of weeping on the skin, though. Lots! It's a weird feeling of numbness and burning both at the same time. And I don't even have any whiskey to self-medicate! This is a bad day!
That's where you got it wrong. Grandpa's cough syrup is a preventative medicine that must be taken daily.
Read a story last night of some 22 year old female student (at Yale, I think it was) who was working a lathe alone at night. She got her hair caught in it, and they found her body the next morning. Death by asphyxiation. Not trying to be melodramatic here, but it does give a fella pause to think. I think I'll be approaching things out in the garage with a heightened sense of awareness for quite a while. Even @Ranger_b0b's comment about welding upside down (from underneath a rig) and the molten metal dropping onto him was something I could see happening and getting really damned uncomfortable in a hurry. Anywho...glad it wasn't worse. More precautions from here on out!
"Baby Squatch"......new born..only a day old.:risas3:
Young or old, experienced or not, we can all benefit from staying alert and being more aware of the potential risks involved in what we're doing. I work in a shop with 60-ton punch presses, as well as clamshell presses. I've been there 34 years, and had to deal with a number of serious accidents. Amputated fingers and portions of the hand have happened. One young woman developed gangrene after her injuries, and ended up losing her arm up to the elbow. But by far the worst was a fatality. An operator somehow ended up head-first inside a clamshell press. The press' safety worked to stop the press, but it was far too late. I'll spare you the details, but suffice it to say it wasn't pretty. It doesn't have to be a monstrous piece of equipment to have devastating results, either. The only serious injury that has happened on my crew in all these years has been the result of a fall from a ladder. He was reaching so far over to retrieve something that he lost his balance, and fell. He ended up paralyzed from the neck, down. Thirty six years old, and his life was changed forever, all because he didn't take the time to just reposition the ladder to a better position. I still think about him often, as he wasn't just my operator, but a great friend. Anyways, I didn't mean to go on like that. Still, if it makes someone stop and think a bit before doing something, then I have nothing to apologize for. I'm done now...
