nasty acidents!!

[clem dog]

Wow that is bad really makes you think.....

 

[Wallace]

Messy, I'm glad my lathe only has a 5" swing!

My old man was Safety and Training officer at a forging company, he had a table setup with examples of accidents and bad working paractices and two I remember in particular that resulted in injury were from simple mistakes.

The first was a broken section of tea chest, they were quite often used to transport small batches of light alloy forgings to customers. The chest this section came from had been loaded by forklift onto the works Transit flatbed but was half full of steel forgings and the driver grabbed the side to drag it and the side came off in his hands and he landed on his back next to the truck unfortunately with a serious back injury.

The second was a length of swarf about 4mm wide and about 300mm long with a very slight curve to it. It came from a large toolroom lathe and was coming off in a continuos stream and coiling up on the floor in big bunches. The operator closed the machine down and walked away catching a section of the swarf around his leg and expected it to break but this was tool steel and was coming off nicely heat treated with a razor edge. It went straight through his trousers just below the knee and down his shin bone to the ankle exposing the bone. (We need a smilie for teeth on edge!)

As a kid I remember him coming home one lunchtime to let my Mother know not to do him anything for lunch as he was on his way up the Hospital, he had a finger on the passenger seat of the car and the owner was already in casualty!

Mike

 

[Jaeger_S2k]

Copied this from the Safety thread as it seems more appropriate here.

As far as injuries are concerned, DON'T pick up a live planer by cupping it in your hand!

I was going to link images but I've linked instead. If anyone wants to use these in an injuries thread (Look what happens when you have a laps in concentration) feel free

Scar tissue still there, as they get better they are becoming less sensitive. Was lucky, if you can say that.

Eventually managed to wrap it up and drove myself to hospital, only banged it 5 times while changing gear .

Top Tip - The most sterile piece of cloth in your house to wrap any injury in - "Folded Steam Ironed Cotton Handkerchief".

 

[jugs]

Copied this from the Safety thread as it seems more appropriate here.

As far as injuries are concerned, DON'T pick up a live planer by cupping it in your hand!

I was going to link images but I've linked instead. If anyone wants to use these in an injuries thread (Look what happens when you have a laps in concentration) feel free

Scar tissue still there, as they get better they are becoming less sensitive. Was lucky, if you can say that.

Eventually managed to wrap it up and drove myself to hospital, only banged it 5 times while changing gear .

Top Tip - The most sterile piece of cloth in your house to wrap any injury in - "Folded Steam Ironed Cotton Handkerchief".

Sorry but no,.. DON'T USE CLOTH OF ANY SORT .. on wounds or burns because body fluids congeal in fibres and rip the wound open when you take it off, increasing healing time & risking infection.

Use cling-film, (Should be in all First Aid kits.)

Cuts, Rips, Puncture Woonds..wrap around open cuts, it sticks to it's self (so you can easy do it one handed) but blood wont stick. Go & get wound clean, then re wrap in cling-film & or bandage over to protect from knocks, leave for 36-48hrs inspect, when wound is closed use bandage to allow air to get to it.

Burns .. Apply clean cold water for 10 mins (yes it seems a lifetime but worth it), wrap with cling-film to keep sterile.
DON'T remove any lose skin or prick blisters, (leave it to the medics).

Fractures ..Use to splint, Fingers together, Legs together, Arms to piece of wood etc.

 

[Robotstar5]

Sorry but no,.. DON'T USE CLOTH OF ANY SORT .. on wounds or burns because body fluids congeal in fibres and rip the wound open when you take it off, increasing healing time & risking infection.

Sorry, but I have to disagree, ambulance services and voluntary aid organizations (St. John, Red Cross, etc) all advocate use of absorbent dressings on wounds, if one is not enough to stop blood flow, add another, will assist clotting at wound site.

If a wound is that serious, DO NOT attempt to drive to hospital as passing out or being distracted by pain while driving can only lead to an accident.

Phone for an ambulance - that's what they're there for.

Regards, Stuart. (20+ years emergency medical services)

 

[malcolm]

The last time I attempted first aid I realised I had no idea where my first aid kit was. I had to hunt around for ages and finally found it on a shelf in the workshop rather than in the drawer where I thought it might be.

Now it's beside the basin in the bathroom. That's where I took my victim when she needed some help (vinyl floor so easy to clean up). I thought she was going to faint so a chair from the nearby kitchen was a great help.

Injuries are stressful for the victims, and it really does calm them down if they think you know what you are doing. Nobody does actually know what they are doing, but a first aid kit with bandages and antiseptic stuff to hand makes you look really good. Not expensive either.

 

[Robotstar5]

The last time I attempted first aid I realised I had no idea where my first aid kit was. I had to hunt around for ages and finally found it on a shelf in the workshop rather than in the drawer where I thought it might be.

Now it's beside the basin in the bathroom. That's where I took my victim when she needed some help (vinyl floor so easy to clean up). I thought she was going to faint so a chair from the nearby kitchen was a great help.

Injuries are stressful for the victims, and it really does calm them down if they think you know what you are doing. Nobody does actually know what they are doing, but a first aid kit with bandages and antiseptic stuff to hand makes you look really good. Not expensive either.

Not bad going Malcolm, it does help if the casualty thinks you know what your doing, one point though - if some one is feeling faint, help them to lie on the floor (and elevate legs) as falling from a chair if they pass out can hurt!

 

[madkayaker]

the problem i have with first aid is how to hold sandwich and administer it

 

[Robotstar5]

the problem i have with first aid is how to hold sandwich and administer it

Wear latex gloves of course!

 

[madkayaker]

but i still only have two hands

 

[HasBean]

....and if you ever manage to stick a carving chisel through your hand, don't pull it out immediately whilst panicking, it might have gone through an artery

(The blood stains are still just about on the garage ceiling and that was more than 10 years ago)

 

[Jaeger_S2k]

the problem i have with first aid is how to hold sandwich and administer it

Ask the casualty to hold the sandwich?

 

[madkayaker]

that's what im doing wrong

 

[Wallace]

Ask the casualty to hold the sandwich?

Ask if they are hungry first, some casualties might just seize the opportunity.

 

[madkayaker]

good point worth checking first. Or tell them that they are in shock and can't eat

 

[bill_gj]

Can I have ham and cheese in my sandwich, please? And don't get the pickled onion juice on the cut or it will smart a bit.

 

[Arsonista]

Get your priorities in order. Finish your sandwich, then administer first aid. Simples.

 

[madkayaker]

that's where i am going wrong then

 

[bill_gj]

Does beer come into this anywhere? Was that before the accident or is it administered after?

 

[clem dog]

Use spirits to clean the wound or you could just take it orally and let it soak out!!