That could have gone SO much worse

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro) 01/11/2019 at 20:00 • Filed to: safety

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nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 20:11

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No, Jeremiah. He should have been wearing a face mask. Imagine taking that to the mouth? He’s lucky it hit the glasses and not sliced through  cheek or throat.

lone_liberal > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 20:13

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Since I wear glasses I prefer a full face shield but either way  it’s just good sense.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 20:14

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It didn’t earn the death wheel nickname for nothing.

For Sweden > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 20:18

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Counterpoint: Jeremiah is not a pirate with an awesome story.

For Sweden > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 01/11/2019 at 20:19

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daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 20:26

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Yikes.

I keep meaning to buy a full face shield.  I don’t generally do much grinding, but that is a very good reminder for me to buy one.

wafflesnfalafel > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 20:31

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T hat is a great post - thanks for sharing. It’s one of those, “ dude makes the correct decision to wear the eye protection and it saves his @$$” situations. Everybody needs a little reminder every once in a while.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 20:48

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And this is why a full face shield is required for running a grinder in many shops.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 20:48

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I’ve told this story a thousand times, but it always bears repeating. A friend of mine was using a wire wheel to buff a pony keg for use as a gas tank for a dune buggy. One of the wires came loose and hit dead-center in his left eye. He was fortunate that it didn’t have enough speed to hit the retina, but it did punch a hole right through the lens. The ER docs called in a specialist who removed first the wire, then the pieces of the lens, from his eye. They gave him a prescription for a contact, but a mechanic’s life is dirty and he kept ruining the contacts. He finally saved up enough money to get a replacement lens, but he has to have readers to see anything up close.

Wear your safety gear, people.

Berang > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 20:50

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I’d have peed a little.

LoneCoyote > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 21:30

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Good call. I have the same glasses. Never broke a cutoff wheel in the millions of hours I used them on an angle grinder, but did blow a cheapo  one apart with a die grinder. That’s the other half of the equation- but good abrasives.

MM54 > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 22:04

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This is why I have a face shield for cutoff wheels (and most anything else using the angle grinder). I’ve had people question it, to which my response is simply “have you seen when one of these comes apart at 10,000rpm?”

Nick Has an Exocet > Urambo Tauro 01/11/2019 at 22:10

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I’d love to know what he was doing so I can never do it.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TheRealBicycleBuck 01/12/2019 at 13:03

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Those wires  fly out all the time. I've had them stick in my arms before. Not wearing at least safety glasses is just dumb.

Laraina Stevens > Urambo Tauro 02/19/2019 at 01:05

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