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Remember to wear PPE
Hi everyone,
Just wanna share my recent experience and remind everyone to wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipement).
As a half blind bogan, I always wear safety glasses because I don't want anything to happen to my good eye, even if I just drill.
I also wear butcher gloves (chainmail gloves) when using the band saw as I dont wanna lose a finger.
Last weekend I was using a benchtop belt sander and the paper slipped off and stuck straight into my hand, cutting the bone and severing a bunch of nerves to my fingers.
I went to the emergency room at the hospital, stayed there 2 nights and had surgery to reattach the nerves. They stuck me in a cast and I'm told it'll take 6 months to get feeling back, but there's a chance I won't.
I was confident that the belt sander couldn't do this, never saw it as a 'scary tool', but here I am, in a cast, hoping I feel my fingers again one day.
Please, please, please, don't make the same ignorant, arrogant mistake I made, if I had my butcher gloves on, I'd be fine, instead I can't feel my fingers on my dominant hand and I'm looking at 6 months recovery. I can't roll a ciggie, can't make dinner, and struggling to crack a beer. Plus the psychological side of things has absolutely cooked me.
I encourage everyone who reads this to genuinely examine the risks of their build and ensure you wear PPE, it could be so much worse than you think.
(Also, massive shout out to Australia's Medicare system, got immediate treatment and I didn't spend a dime)
Heed my warning fellas, be safe out there and have happy builds.
Hi everyone,
Just wanna share my recent experience and remind everyone to wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipement).
As a half blind bogan, I always wear safety glasses because I don't want anything to happen to my good eye, even if I just drill.
I also wear butcher gloves (chainmail gloves) when using the band saw as I dont wanna lose a finger.
Last weekend I was using a benchtop belt sander and the paper slipped off and stuck straight into my hand, cutting the bone and severing a bunch of nerves to my fingers.
I went to the emergency room at the hospital, stayed there 2 nights and had surgery to reattach the nerves. They stuck me in a cast and I'm told it'll take 6 months to get feeling back, but there's a chance I won't.
I was confident that the belt sander couldn't do this, never saw it as a 'scary tool', but here I am, in a cast, hoping I feel my fingers again one day.
Please, please, please, don't make the same ignorant, arrogant mistake I made, if I had my butcher gloves on, I'd be fine, instead I can't feel my fingers on my dominant hand and I'm looking at 6 months recovery. I can't roll a ciggie, can't make dinner, and struggling to crack a beer. Plus the psychological side of things has absolutely cooked me.
I encourage everyone who reads this to genuinely examine the risks of their build and ensure you wear PPE, it could be so much worse than you think.
(Also, massive shout out to Australia's Medicare system, got immediate treatment and I didn't spend a dime)
Heed my warning fellas, be safe out there and have happy builds.
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