Worst industry safety stories..

Northland · March 8th, 2012, 12:36 PM

I worked in the mining industry at one time. In the mining pit , guys would shoot at ravens by loading a piece of pipe with an arc-air rod and connecting it to an oxy cylinder. They'd jack the pressure regulator to max. One time the rubber hose came off the pipe and whipsawed across a guys belly. When they patched him up, about a third of his intestines were gone... he's lucky to be alive.
When I hear guys talking about using PVC for compressed air piping. I get awfull nervious.

Binkspot · March 8th, 2012, 12:49 PM

Many new coveralls and hoodies been ruined from air arcing, burning or welding in tight spaces.

Evo · March 8th, 2012, 02:59 PM

Spraying a cloud of screen opener in the shop and lighting it on fire. On purpose.

Same thing with spray adhesive. Like your own personal can of napalm.

That was a long time ago...

GraphicDisorder · March 8th, 2012, 03:14 PM

Shelly sewed her finger twice now in embroidery machines. Both minor deals thankfully.

Had a storm hit here last year, power went out, sucked all doors shut, and Shelly freaked out tripped and fell on a metal chair, she came screaming to us that she knocked "all" of her teeth out. Turned out to be 1 real good chip.

So thats all so far.

pushing ink · March 8th, 2012, 04:10 PM

I gave my money to Robert Barnes and He STOLE at least 80,000 dollars of my money!

Printwizard · March 8th, 2012, 04:41 PM

On ya Jeff! LMAO. Thought you nearly lost a couple teeth putting your foot in your mouth then eating your hat also? Not to mention getting the chip removed from your shoulder.
In the end eating some humble pie and buying MnR, and they all lived happily ever after....

Seriously, has nobody pee'd with degreaser on their hands, nearly every printer I know has burned themselves....???.

srimonogramming · March 8th, 2012, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Printwizard

On ya Jeff! LMAO. Thought you nearly lost a couple teeth putting your foot in your mouth then eating your hat also? Not to mention getting the chip removed from your shoulder.
In the end eating some humble pie and buying MnR, and they all lived happily ever after....

Seriously, has nobody pee'd with degreaser on their hands, nearly every printer I know has burned themselves....???.

Never done that with the degreaser, thank god. A few months ago I cut up a serrano pepper during lunch and I was having a bad allergy day and my eyes were itchy so I rubbed my eye...Holy s h i t balls batman! I ran outside and got the eyewash bottle and broke it open and flushed my eyes for several minutes. It wasn't quite as bad as mace, but it was pretty bad. I could tell the story about the mace incident, but it's long and doesn't fit in here on this thread.

spotcolorsupply · March 8th, 2012, 07:09 PM

I was working on a Mariah gas dryer, replacing a blower...

Unfortunately the customer thought I was gone...

I wasn’t...

She turned it on while my hand was inside of the squirrel cage...

I still have all of my fingers... Got lucky tho...

spotcolorsupply · March 8th, 2012, 07:14 PM

When I was learning how to stretch screens I ended up spilling a fair amount of CA glue (Super Glue) on my hand... The guys suggested I spray it with activator...

Bad Idea...

The reaction creates a $hit load of heat. Burned the crap out of my hand... Plus peeling it off took off a few layers of skin...

Evo · March 9th, 2012, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Printwizard

Seriously, has nobody pee'd with degreaser on their hands, nearly every printer I know has burned themselves....???.

Not with degreaser.

Remember when de-hazing a screen meant using caustic soda paste?

Yeah.

Ouch.