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Accident At Work - Lesson to Everyone
sodapopinski:
Sorry to hear man. Its good see recovery though. I've been working in carpentry for 4 years now and I've learned using the tools fast and pissed off is a bad combo. I ran a piece of mdf through the table saw very quickly the other day while pissed off. I never checked to see if the fence was clipped on square and i got huge kickback. Shredded my arm up good and gouged my thumb. wasn't as bad as your injury, but i learned from it.
best regards,
Pete
Mark70:
I'm pretty damn late reading this one. I'm really sorry to hear about your accident. I know you can recover. My uncle had a snowmobile accident where he smashed the middle bone in his middle finger. They said they could replace it with nylon bone and he'd have about 20% movement in the finger. He said, "cut it the F off". He's still one of the more hany guys I know. He even makes jokes like, playing hide and seek with his young son, he's told "no peeking", so he covers his eyes with his hand.... of course there's a gap to look through. It's funnier in person.
I used to work doing hot asphalt roofing. Asphalt is heated to 490 degrees F for application. The guys on the crew used to say, "the day that you stop being afraid of that black stuff (they used a more explicative term) is the day you need to quit, 'cause it will hurt you, or kill you."
Same goes for power tools.
I wasn't sure, did you loose your index finger and damage the middle finger? I was wondering why the middle one was pinned.
Oh, and the television series American Inventor recently showcased a contestant who lost his index finger. Maybe inspiriational.
PCtech:
--- Quote from: toolaa on April 22, 2006, 03:42:10 pm ---5) Play any arcade game requiring two hands.
--- End quote ---
Only Pac & Ms. pac for you!
Good luck, hope the recovery goes well :cheers:
arcadefever:
this can be move in the woodworking section...
ps: after few months how is your hand ? :-\ much better ? i really hope ...
javeryh:
Wow I just read this thread and it's a great reminder to ALWAYS be careful when working with power tools. A few months ago I needed a little more depth on a router bit to make a cut so instead of buying an extender of some kind I just put the bit 1/2 way in. As soon as I turned the router on the bit went flying and could have seriously injured someone. Thank God it went flying away from my body. I triple check everything now and always remember to have two hands on a power tool at all times. It's very scary.
I hope you are still recovering well.
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