Originally posted by Jason
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I did the metal in the eye once. Caught a chunk while grinding, I had my glasses on but a piece bounced up and under and landed on my eye. Luckily it didn't go deep. Freaky seeing the opthamologist 's pick coming in to get the metal out.
Damn, Jonah. In true Jeeper fashion. You finish the job, THEN, go to the doc.
Have been considering buying a face shield. I try to keep my head out of the plane of the wheel, but I still shower my face in sparks on a regular basis. Doesn't help that I've been going without a guard on my grinder lately. Getting hit in the face with disintegrating grinding and cutting wheels is not fun. I've read about an old guy who caught a fragment in the carotid artery (neck), and died. Another bled to death after a shattered wheel severed his femoral artery (leg).
Many years ago I was cleaning an intake manifold with break cleaner (was just dusty) and a bunch came back and hit me in the eyes. They felt like they were on fire! I groped my way out of my garage and was helped to the sink of a neighbor to wash my eyes out. I knew better, but that incident really drove the point home to wear safety glasses. Now that I think about it, a few years prior to that I'd been cleaning a machine as it was running with a carb cleaner-soaked rag. Rag got caught in a belt and pulley, which squeezed the B-12 right out and flung it into my eyes. Good times!
Many years ago I was cleaning an intake manifold with break cleaner (was just dusty) and a bunch came back and hit me in the eyes. They felt like they were on fire! I groped my way out of my garage and was helped to the sink of a neighbor to wash my eyes out. I knew better, but that incident really drove the point home to wear safety glasses. Now that I think about it, a few years prior to that I'd been cleaning a machine as it was running with a carb cleaner-soaked rag. Rag got caught in a belt and pulley, which squeezed the B-12 right out and flung it into my eyes. Good times!
I think I am going to start a dumb stuff you have done to yourself in the shop thread.
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