what's the dumbest safety related story you have witnessed to date?

[arandall]

Ouch! That reminds me - I haven't yet built the belt guard for my compressor. - Guess I'd better give it some thought.

[Nick]

It through my hand into a little metal bracket that held the cover on and chipped the bone on my middle knuckle on my left hand.Its been a little over a month now and it hurts more now than it did the day i did it.So you know the moral of this story.

Always a fun one when it's in a spot that sees constant movement / use. Like breaking one of the little bones in your feet... (metatarsals / cuneiforms)... And all they do is tell you to stay off of it. -_-

Yeah, let someone else inspect it next time.

I know who I'm convincing to open the doors of cars stored in the field next time to find the foot long hornet nests...

[gilly]

Always a fun one when it's in a spot that sees constant movement / use. Like breaking one of the little bones in your feet... (metatarsals / cuneiforms)... And all they do is tell you to stay off of it. -_-



I know who I'm convincing to open the doors of cars stored in the field next time to find the foot long hornet nests...

My doc said try not to hurt it anymore and it will heal faster.Yea right, it's my hand.That's a hard prescription to fill for me.

[Nick]

My doc said try not to hurt it anymore and it will heal faster.Yea right, it's my hand.That's a hard prescription to fill for me.

I know the feeling. I popped one of those long named suckers in my foot right as I was in the middle of trying to build up to comfortably walking 36 holes a day. Not exactly conducive to anything other than hopping down the hallway to hit the bathroom. -_-

[undercut]

I must have been about 7 and was toying with a bit of spring steel. Figured it would suit my purposes better if it was a bit shorter than it was. Took a pair of side cutting pliers to it and the cut end flew up towards my eyes. After slowly opening my eyes, I carefully went to the mirror and saw the end embedded in the skin just left of my right eye. Dodged a bullet that time. Unfortunately, some of the dumbest safety related stories I know are the ones I experienced first hand ....