Iknow this isnt the first time i have brought this up, but i feel that tool safety is important and often over looked. I also feel that its important to learn from ones mistakes and hope that you can lear from mine.
Im typing this solely with my right hand after just getting home from holy name hospital, in teaneck nj. Im going to attempt to recount my day as best i can but it all happened real quick.
i had done some heavy work to clearance the left fender and pleased with the results igot to work on the right side. i transfered the measurements i wanted over to the pass side, and got to cutting. i was moving quicker then the left as all the figuring was done. lesson 1 should have been to treat it with the same care i guess. I was cutting the inner fender support at the bottom of the fender from the inside of the wheel well with the fender on the truck. i have no safety guard on the grinder i was useing, or any of the ones i own for that matter. i moved the tool wich was in my right hand and apparently my left hand as well. the two met in the middle with the wheel contacting the knuckle of the pointer of my left hand. i knew i hit but didn't feel a thing. i shut the tool off and did a quick inventory, still had 10 fingers, and a good amount of blood. i grabed a paper tpwel to apply presure but wasnt able to effectively slow it. i then grabed the nearest roll of electrical tape to wrap it. i saw how long it was, but coulnt get a veiw of how deep.
at this point it dawns on me im in a garage under an apartment building with the door down and im alone.
i wrapped the finger as tight as i could and walked over to the rite aid across the street. i figured id get gauze and tape and what not and try and clean it, stop the bleeding and ***** the situation. rather then say anything to anyone i grab some supplies and some crazy glue, ya know incase its real bad, and proceed to the checkout, i got on line and that was as far as i got under my own power, i got dizzy and before i could process anything fell over and passed out. i'm told i was out for a minute or so. manager called 911 and i was up by the time the cops came, followed by the amazing bogota volunteer ambulance (they reallly were great)
since i was conscious i was talking and described what had happened etc...
the one thing i did do right is applied enough pressure to stop the bleeding on my own by the time the medic cut my makeshift wrapping off
because i went down off to the er i went for stitches a tetanus shot and an ekg. fortuneately it was pretty cleen for a grinder cut. the doctor who stitched me said it looked like a knife wound and it was only a couple of stiches to put me back together.
all in all it could have been way worse. everyone was real nice and we all talked and joked through the whole post fainting events, so i cant even say i had a bad time of it
point here is that you need to take your time and be carefull and aware of what your doing at all times. no matter how much we can say it wont happen to me it can.
let this be a reminder to all of you to be safe out there.
im not unwraping it for yoy gore seekers, but here
Im typing this solely with my right hand after just getting home from holy name hospital, in teaneck nj. Im going to attempt to recount my day as best i can but it all happened real quick.
i had done some heavy work to clearance the left fender and pleased with the results igot to work on the right side. i transfered the measurements i wanted over to the pass side, and got to cutting. i was moving quicker then the left as all the figuring was done. lesson 1 should have been to treat it with the same care i guess. I was cutting the inner fender support at the bottom of the fender from the inside of the wheel well with the fender on the truck. i have no safety guard on the grinder i was useing, or any of the ones i own for that matter. i moved the tool wich was in my right hand and apparently my left hand as well. the two met in the middle with the wheel contacting the knuckle of the pointer of my left hand. i knew i hit but didn't feel a thing. i shut the tool off and did a quick inventory, still had 10 fingers, and a good amount of blood. i grabed a paper tpwel to apply presure but wasnt able to effectively slow it. i then grabed the nearest roll of electrical tape to wrap it. i saw how long it was, but coulnt get a veiw of how deep.
at this point it dawns on me im in a garage under an apartment building with the door down and im alone.
i wrapped the finger as tight as i could and walked over to the rite aid across the street. i figured id get gauze and tape and what not and try and clean it, stop the bleeding and ***** the situation. rather then say anything to anyone i grab some supplies and some crazy glue, ya know incase its real bad, and proceed to the checkout, i got on line and that was as far as i got under my own power, i got dizzy and before i could process anything fell over and passed out. i'm told i was out for a minute or so. manager called 911 and i was up by the time the cops came, followed by the amazing bogota volunteer ambulance (they reallly were great)
since i was conscious i was talking and described what had happened etc...
the one thing i did do right is applied enough pressure to stop the bleeding on my own by the time the medic cut my makeshift wrapping off
because i went down off to the er i went for stitches a tetanus shot and an ekg. fortuneately it was pretty cleen for a grinder cut. the doctor who stitched me said it looked like a knife wound and it was only a couple of stiches to put me back together.
all in all it could have been way worse. everyone was real nice and we all talked and joked through the whole post fainting events, so i cant even say i had a bad time of it
point here is that you need to take your time and be carefull and aware of what your doing at all times. no matter how much we can say it wont happen to me it can.
let this be a reminder to all of you to be safe out there.
im not unwraping it for yoy gore seekers, but here
