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10-19-2008, 06:19 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | So there was an accident at work....
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I work in a machine shop making small parts for a robotics company. On thursday I was training the new guy ( Im 17, new guy is 23. It was odd) He was having some trouble with the hori band-saw. Its a hydrualic one, So it has a cylinder that lowers the blade onto the metal. This cylinder either had a leak, or the lockout was on, cuase this sum***** wasn't going down at all. So he calls me over the look at it, As I am reaching in to shut off the lockout, the blade lowers onto my arm. The blade was halfway through cutting a piece of cast iron, So it was hotter then hell. Blade touches arm, I don't feel anything, I smell burning and a sizzling sound, Look down and the blade is sinking into my arm.
3rd/4th degree burn, and a badass scar that will never go away. Turns out the bandsaw was infact broken, There was a burst in the hyrdo hose for the lowering control. Since It was my fault, I failed to follow basic procedure (Check the hose, first!) I am placing no liability on the shop, It was my own damned fault. So now I got a messed up looking arm now.   |
10-19-2008, 06:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: On The Bayou | | | Close call there. |
10-19-2008, 06:23 PM
|  | Master of Reality | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | Aren't there laws about children under the age of 18 working in potentially dangerous work situations?
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10-19-2008, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Unrepresented  Aren't there laws about children under the age of 18 working in potentially dangerous work situations? |
In the US, OSHA set requirements. Yes.
You can't even use the roast beef slicer at Roy Rogers unless you are 18. |
10-19-2008, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by fenderhutz In the US, OSHA set requirements. Yes. | Does this strike you as a potentially dangerous work environment?
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10-19-2008, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Unrepresented Does this strike you as a potentially dangerous work environment? | He is Canadian. |
10-19-2008, 06:26 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fenderhutz In the US, OSHA set requirements. Yes.
You can't even use the roast beef slicer at Roy Rogers unless you are 18. | Canada FTW eh?
WSIB was looking into it, I think they still are, all I know is It sucks not working, I start again tommorrow, So Im stoked to get back to work. |
10-19-2008, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by fenderhutz He is Canadian. | As a general rule though, I like to think that the Canadians are better people than us.  Quote:
Originally Posted by flakeh Canada FTW eh?
WSIB was looking into it, I think they still are, all I know is It sucks not working, I start again tommorrow, So Im stoked to get back to work. | At the risk of sounding condescending, you shouldn't be exposed to dangers like this in the workplace.
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10-19-2008, 06:30 PM
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Head (and only) Honcho at Redemption Bass | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL | | | Ouchie... That looks like a doozy. Sorry to hear about your misfortune, man.
But on the plus side, that's going to be a pretty rad scar. Remember, chicks dig scars. |
10-19-2008, 06:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Unrepresented As a general rule though, I like to think that the Canadians are better people than us.
At the risk of sounding condescending, you shouldn't be exposed to dangers like this in the workplace. | I used one of those in the High School machine shop. Government funded use of dangerous tools.
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10-19-2008, 06:35 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Unrepresented As a general rule though, I like to think that the Canadians are better people than us.
At the risk of sounding condescending, you shouldn't be exposed to dangers like this in the workplace. | I know, its somewhat dangerous, BUT, I wanna become a machinist, I volunteered to do alot of things. I was in a hurry to fill an order and lost thought for a minute.
On the good side, this was the first injury that shop has had in 3 years. Last one someone got shocked by a fualty ground on a welder...
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10-19-2008, 07:07 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | | This is why I work in a library.
A paper cut looks badass. |
10-19-2008, 07:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | OUCH!! I've worked as a machinist since I was a teenager. I have lots of scars but still have all my fingers. Burns suck and hurt like hell  I swear by crazy glue for first aid, it keeps me in business these days!!
As far as a law suit, you could probably sue but.........come on! Chalk it up to experience, don't do it again and keep your job. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger Pain is the evil leaving your body. |
10-19-2008, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Columbus, Georgia | | | Wow, thats intense.
I actually spent 2 years for a Mechanical Engineering company working as their shop manager. I programmed a CNC mill most days, but looking after the machine shop, fab shop, and workers I saw a couple close calls.
You have to be careful in that environment.
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10-19-2008, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker OUCH!! I've worked as a machinist since I was a teenager. I have lots of scars but still have all my fingers. Burns suck and hurt like hell I swear by crazy glue for first aid, it keeps me in business these days!!
As far as a law suit, you could probably sue but.........come on! Chalk it up to experience, don't do it again and keep your job. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger Pain is the evil leaving your body. | Doing something like that only ensures that he will never do it again. Krazy glue is the ebst thing ever when you work with sharp stuff. We have some in the first aid kit at work.
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10-19-2008, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound Doing something like that only ensures that he will never do it again. Krazy glue is the ebst thing ever when you work with sharp stuff. We have some in the first aid kit at work.
lowsound | Wasn't Krazy Glue invented for medical use for either WWII or Vietnam? |
10-19-2008, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by fenderhutz Wasn't Krazy Glue invented for medical use for either WWII or Vietnam? | Invented for medical use, no idea when or for what. Gets used all the time in hockey.
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10-19-2008, 07:49 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | I think it was invented for surgeons who needed to seal cuts that were impossible to stitch.
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10-19-2008, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by fenderhutz In the US, OSHA set requirements. Yes.
You can't even use the roast beef slicer at Roy Rogers unless you are 18. | I can't even use the dishwasher at my work  |
10-19-2008, 10:02 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector Basses | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreal | | | man, it seems we canadians have it so easy with work stuff haha
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