Bloodiest Shop Work Story Ever

[Mikey]

Originally Posted by volkdent

I've had a narrow miss with molten slag almost going in my eye. Ended up sizzling the skin just next to my eye. The tip of the slag hammer really sends things off on an acute angle!

Jason

I hear you there... I'm in school for welding now. Even with safty glasses, hot slag can still hit your face or run down your shirt. Something just as bad, maybe worse, Doing overhead welds with MIG. I have the holes in my welding jacket to prove the spatter burns on it's way down.

[Panelfantastic]

Laying under my bus using a 4" grinder, not a lot of room between the bottom of the bus and me and the ground. The grinder took a bounce, I had no where to run, it hit my shoulder and wadded up the two t-shirts I had on, chewed through them and took a chunk out of my delt before it finally had enough fabric and skin to bog the motor and stop spinning.
I went next door (my neighbor is big into ricers and was out tinkering too) and asked my buddy "how bad does this look?"... he told me he wasn't sure, but it looked pretty narly (I don't think narly is good). I asked if he had any super glue handy and he said "sniffin that stuff ain't gonna help"... kids today. Anyway, it was a gouge with a chunk missing so there was nothing to glue together (or back on). Still itches today.


Jeff-

[yetibone]

Actually, I cut the 2nd. knuckle on my right middle finger to the bone last month, prying the lock rod out of a Tahoe door handle. Rod came out, and my prying hand went down, caught a metal edge, cut me, and ruined a silver dollar sized section of my man's upholstery. I looked at my hand, balled up into a fist, I could see bone and tendons.

It sucked having to work with it for two weeks untill it healed enough to keep it un-bandaged.


Sorta like Vujade, I've drilled a hole in my left index finger 'bout 2 weeks ago. It happened with a no.2 phillips driver, and a self-drilling, self-tapping sheetmetal screw. The puncture was a perfect +. That was a joy to have thru work as well.

I shed blood, or burn myself almost daily, but small catastrophies only happen about once every few years, or so. Luckily, I haven't had a MAJOR catastrophy.

[Racelook]

I just cut myself last thursday quite good with the angel-grinder and that was no fun.

Wiebrand

[NO_H2O]

I was working on a Hyd. powered concrete saw years ago. Trying to remove some allen cap bolts from the case with a 3 inch long 3/8" drive allen bit on an impact gun. The tip of the bit broke and I drove the jaged end thru the webbed area of my left palm between my thumb and index finger. The bit was spinning full speed after the tip broke. Hurt like hell and looked real nasty.

[alt+f4]

Yesterday Was doing a Oil change on a 03 1.8T Passat. When twisting the filter off i cut open my left elbow on the power steering resivoir cover......It sucked because it seemed like today was 1.8T passat day for me....but i did find out today that on a manual one i can do the filter from Under the car!!!!



I hope tomarrow i have NO 1.8t passats.....But Lots of V6 Passats! They are GRAVY!

[thelazerviking]

today when i was taking out my old rear cross members i scratched 2 of my fingers.


ohhhh the agony... :whoops: .