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country gent
07-06-2019, 11:40 AM
Just a quick reminder when enjoying your hobbies, work or chores Please be careful. Use the needed safety gear and be alert to what your doing.

obssd1958
07-06-2019, 12:16 PM
And what precipitated this warning??

country gent
07-06-2019, 12:25 PM
Nothing other than concern for friends and members here. Sometimes a little reminder helps awareness

buckwheatpaul
07-06-2019, 12:40 PM
Just a quick reminder when enjoying your hobbies, work or chores Please be careful. Use the needed safety gear and be alert to what your doing.

Thanks country gent....when we do our hobbies or chores long enough we sometimes forget to complete all the steps and to use the proper protective gear!!!!!! I am in your corner and completely endorse it as well!

Elroy
07-06-2019, 12:50 PM
I guess this is the time of year that folks need to be extra carful,not just shooting related activities, but not over doing it in this heat,and keeping hydrated.

JBinMN
07-06-2019, 01:33 PM
Wise words by the OP & thanks for the reminder(s).

I too think everyone needs that reminder(s) now and again. Myself included.

It is easy to get in a hurry or not be focused & then make mistakes if one is not careful.

In our pastime,"Always better to be safe, than sorry.". , and "Slow, but steady", are good things to remember as well.

Thanks again.

Hickory
07-06-2019, 01:45 PM
I was always told by my dad, "Before you start any job or project, look it over 6 ways to Sunday before you begin and figure out how you might get hurt or lose an eye, finger or arm and make sure it dosen't happen."
It has been very good advice over the years.

BigAlofPa.
07-06-2019, 02:00 PM
Good advice. It's to easy to become complacent. Thankyou.

georgerkahn
07-06-2019, 02:33 PM
Thank you -- wise words, indeed. I try and be "safe", and it seems while I was quite young, I really didn't see the need for goggles, steel-toe shoes, long sleeves while casting, and the like. A log splitter crushing big toe on right foot was a wake-up call -- bion, I had taken boots off as work was done, and I was :)just:) sweeping up when it dropped.
Generally posts here re visits from the tinsel fairy are great reminders, too!
geo

MaryB
07-06-2019, 06:25 PM
Ham radio friend of mine who had been doing tower work for many years died in a tower accident. Rope failed because he got complacent about replacing it every year... as he was being winched up the tower it parted when he was 100 feet up...

Antenna he was working on, 3 element 80 meter yagi, you can see other towers in the background that are a part of his station.

https://qrznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/w0aih.jpg

BNE
07-06-2019, 06:32 PM
3 days into a 4 day weekend and nothing more than some bruises and a small cut....

Good reminder, thanks!

Minerat
07-06-2019, 07:17 PM
Yesterday, Left ear plug not in when the 454 Cassull full load went off. Lucky just ringing and a little cottony it's now fading. Hasn't happened in probably 20 years that I forgot to put on/in the hearing protection:oops:

Please be careful.

RED BEAR
07-06-2019, 07:44 PM
Hey thanks. Every time i get complacent things go bad. Never hurts to be reminded to be careful.

Silvercreek Farmer
07-06-2019, 08:32 PM
Just got done safely felling, cutting, splitting, and hauling 8 cords of firewood. Kept telling myself the entire time not to get hurt. Spent my last vacation hobbling around on a stupidly sprained ankle. Didn't want to spend another one banged up!

MrWolf
07-06-2019, 09:34 PM
Was just talking about the very same thing last night. Being kinda remote, basically no cell signal and iffy land line, if I get hurt it could be awhile before help might arrive. Learning to take it slower and to think it through first and remind myself if what I am doing. Yea, talk to myself, argue with myself too.

OldBearHair
07-06-2019, 10:18 PM
Yeah Mr Wolf, I get chided for talking to myself, but it helps me to think through some of the jobs I do in my shop. Inadvertantly I find myself forgetting to put on the mask while giving something a quick grind.. All airborne particles, not good in the lungs. And a lot of them are breathed in to lodge in the tissues called accumalative.. A lot of blacksmiths passed because of lung failure.

OldBearHair
07-06-2019, 10:20 PM
Oh and also I find myself making a lot of mistakes from not thinking it through.. then I just say that " well. I cut it off twice and dang, it is still too short! LOL

GhostHawk
07-06-2019, 10:26 PM
Went fishing yesterday for the first time in the new boat. 16' alumacraft with 20hp merc outboard and a 44lb thrust trolling motor. Only thing that went wrong was I forgot to put the plug in. Did not take long to fix that. Bilge pump sucked us dry in a couple of minutes.

Love those northland roller trailers. Really makes launching and recovering a boat a breeze.

Did not catch much but was a perfect morning to try.

And we were careful, returned home tired but safe.

lightman
07-06-2019, 10:37 PM
Thats a good reminder. Whether driving, working, shooting or whatever, one needs to have his head in the game.

jj850
07-06-2019, 11:17 PM
I am learning lo listen when that voice in my head says (this is going to hurt ) .IT has taken far too long however

RED BEAR
07-07-2019, 09:01 AM
The last time i was a smart butt about this i was sawing wood on my table saw my wife walked by and told me to be careful being hot tired and just not in the mood i stoped and explained that i had been using saws all my like and never been cut. About 20 minutes later we were on the way to the emergency room. A dozen stiches later headed home. Anytime i get the urge to be a smart butt my wife just says been doing it all my life. You can't imagine how many times i have heard that.

Digger
07-07-2019, 10:27 AM
As a safety manager for a pipeline construction company, besides teaching OSHA classes while out on the job sites I would tell the guys "its not the newbies I worry about , it's the oldies or our experienced people I watch closer.
New people are more conscientious , with guidance on doing a good job .
Experienced people know but grow complacent and take shortcuts when no one is looking ....
Incidents in the past have proven that unfortunately .

country gent
07-07-2019, 10:38 AM
With the heat and increased schedule of chores and hobbies this time of year. You get tired faster hurry more and cut corners on things. Its easy to do. Inattention, hurrying leads to injuries. What scary is you may have "cut that corner" a bunch of times and got away with it but this time bites you. I thought a simple reminder might save a member some pain and time

MrWolf
07-07-2019, 10:42 AM
I am learning lo listen when that voice in my head says (this is going to hurt ) .IT has taken far too long however

Think my problem is I can't hear as well as I used to.....

BigAlofPa.
07-07-2019, 11:45 AM
I was in a lot of pain last night. I was going to load some 40's. Decided not to. Because i knew my mind would not be into paying attention to not over or under charge. Took a epsom salt soak in the tub instead. That hit the spot. :razz:

woodbutcher
07-07-2019, 04:06 PM
:-D This thread brings to mind two things that I was told many years ago.
First from my old flight instructor.Ray Bloomer."Keep your head outta the cockpit".
Second from my GrandFather."Slow and sure beats the hell out of quick and dead".
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

Demeter’s_Workshop
07-07-2019, 04:06 PM
It took me 30 years to finally admit I have dodged enough flying metal chips to wear my safety glasses... Well worth taking safety into consideration. A few body parts just don't like growing back!

RED BEAR
07-07-2019, 09:27 PM
It took me 30 years to finally admit I have dodged enough flying metal chips to wear my safety glasses... Well worth taking safety into consideration. A few body parts just don't like growing back!

You know book matches work great for getting metal chips out of the eyes. And if you need to pull one out that stuck in a blunted pair of tweezers is just the ticket.

Traffer
07-07-2019, 09:42 PM
Thanks for the reminder. A guy like me needs to be reminded.

country gent
07-07-2019, 09:44 PM
The nurse at work had a rare earth magnet she used for getting steel chips out.

Demeter’s_Workshop
07-07-2019, 10:40 PM
I also have a large rare earth magnet in the first aid kit!

RED BEAR
07-08-2019, 09:54 AM
The nurse at work had a rare earth magnet she used for getting steel chips out.

I have always worked in small shops. Only nurse you were likely to see was at emergency room.

OldBearHair
07-08-2019, 12:40 PM
Hey Red Bear, didn't know about the book matches. I will try to remember that! In my aircraft sheet metal working days we used a lead pencil like a #2 with a worn point to get aluminum chips out of the eye. Worked like a charm. The pencil didn't cause the eye to blink as you slightly touched and moved under the chip. Usually happened from someone blowing with the air hose in next compartment as you were working right there on the other side. i also like the magnet as well.

OldBearHair
07-08-2019, 12:48 PM
Many cutting tools throw out double pointed small pieces that wind up in your fingers... I was told to use sandpaper sliding on the skin to remove it. First you use a tissue or cloth and rub in different directions and find which way has the most drag, then stroke the sandpaper in the other direction and the sliver will be gone most of the time.

OldBearHair
07-08-2019, 12:59 PM
Quick tip cutting copper tubing. It is usually the practice to turn the cutter clockwise stopping to tighten the knob. An old man that worked in one of the shops at the Airbase showed me to turn the cutter counterclockwise holding slight pressure on the knob and as the cutter was cutting the knob was being adjusted tighter, making the job seem much easier and faster. Try it. It works.

gbrown
07-08-2019, 04:00 PM
Thanks for bringing this up. IMHO, really important for all of us. In the military, we had risk assessment procedures. Whenever planning a mission, all risks were identified, a value was given to them, i.e., 4, little or none, 1, very dangerous/catastrophic. We would then work up controls or plans to mitigate the risks. This could be done informally, just talking them out or formally, using a form. An example would be firearms training/range. Considered a 1. Safety officer/nco, range safety briefing, and a coach for each shooter. And lots of re-inforcement. In our unit, safety was of utmost importance. We saw the results of other units' lack of emphasis too often. I still do it when I am about to do something like smelting, casting or using power tools. Step back, think about it, as others have said, and make sure you are not creating a script for disaster.

Traffer
07-08-2019, 04:46 PM
@gbrown, Thanks that is great practical advise.

Petander
07-08-2019, 05:44 PM
I used to have a cheap angle grinder (AWD). The "kill switch" broke right away but I kept it for years, using the thing for occasional home stuff. It was a big one,I have proper smaller ones... used those for decades...

Then one day while cutting a stovepipe tube in my Sauna I did something wrong and the grinder flew off my hands,right against my belly and then to the floor,still spinning. I probably hit the wall and the grinder jumped.

I have no understanding about what saved me but I only got some circular scratches in my belly, no stitches needed or anything.

But nowadays I take a look at my belly scars before using power tools.

RED BEAR
07-08-2019, 07:08 PM
Hey Red Bear, didn't know about the book matches. I will try to remember that! In my aircraft sheet metal working days we used a lead pencil like a #2 with a worn point to get aluminum chips out of the eye. Worked like a charm. The pencil didn't cause the eye to blink as you slightly touched and moved under the chip. Usually happened from someone blowing with the air hose in next compartment as you were working right there on the other side. i also like the magnet as well.
Just pull a mach out and the end that you tore loose works great for taking out chips.
I wore safety glasses but doing a lot of hand finishing with a hand grinder and a carbide cutter it just threw little needle chips everywhere. Tried goggles but they kept fogging up and couldn't see what i was doing. Unfortunately i showed a nack for hand finishing everyone else was smart enough to mess it up. So for more than 4 years i got every job that required hand finishing.

Mr_Sheesh
07-09-2019, 04:06 AM
I've had to add a small 12V fan to goggles in the past in this humid area; I run it off a 9V fan so it just pulls a little air, enough to prevent fogging though. You want it to pull air AWAY from the goggles, not blow it into there, though. Paintball player I knew saw what I had done & copied it but the idiot had it sucking air into their goggles; Guess what happened when the first mosquito got sucked into the fan? Same thing would happen with dust or metal chips etc.