pro tip for engineers etc.

Sounds nasty.

Worst I've seen was a lad who put a M12 nut in a drill, and for some insanely stupid reason activated the drill and tried to touch it with his index finger.

Well he litterally threaded the first half of his finger, skin and muscle splayed out and the nut wound to the bone. Messy stuff.

Closest call I've had was a M10.5 drill bit snapping on a open Bridgeport, and I heard part of the drill 'whizz' right past my head and embed it's self into a wall. :eek:
 
Jonesiani said:
Sounds nasty.

Worst I've seen was a lad who put a M12 nut in a drill, and for some insanely stupid reason activated the drill and tried to touch it with his index finger.

Well he litterally threaded the first half of his finger, skin and muscle splayed out and the nut wound to the bone. Messy stuff.
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*Shudder* :eek:
 
I've heard of some un-describable accidents happening and I'm gad I haven't seen any. I have only had a few close shaves but nothing that bad.
 
Having been taught by a guy missing his middle finger cos of hydraulics piston system crushing it theres a lot more dangers than you would imagine. Getting told horror stories whilst your working on that same machine/area is never fun.

Closest to injury for me was a slitting disk going bang and bouncing around my bay. Fingers crossed :)
 
one guy at college (a Technical officer) was using one of the lathes it caught his sleeve and picked it up and de-gloved all the skin from his hand along with splintering his wrist.

Dunno what happened to him after that
:(
 
tjp148 said:
anyone who has to be warned about isolating machinery to work on it, probably shouldn't e working on it in the first place!
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Agree, safe isolation and locking off is/should be one of the very first things taught at college/Uni. When I did my electrician course a few years ago it was comprehensivly covered and drummed into us throughout the course.
People might poo poo Health & Safety and moan how strict it is but it could very well save you a limb if not your life so PAY ATTENTION!! :p
 
Nice stories in here..

Nothing quite as bad but back in the day at school in the tech lab me and a mate had a length of 1.5" dia metal tube in the pillar drill but someone didn't clamp it well enough. On the way back up the drill lifted the tube from the clamp and the bit caught so it span catching me on the back of the hand.

Still just about make out the scar ~14 years later.
 
In our place that shouldn't happen (but does)
We have permits that have to be created by area production manager, who has to get revelent electrical/ mechaninical and process control shift tech to isolate and prove isolation.

but it was drummed into us on day 1 of the apprentice to always to test for isolation, prove with martindale etc and to lock off.
Hope the guy doesn't get shafted by the health and safety department and loose his job.
 
There is a god of engineering. I work in engineering and believe it to be true. There must be someone looking out for us!
I have seen far too many near misses which could have resulted in a fatality. The only reason it never did is due to good fortune.
As pointed out before, I used to work on Vertical Borers, and things coming off the chuck can be quite common. They might seem tight . . . . Even torqued up bolts can come loose if they are not put on clean flat surfaces. And by torqued up I mean long 17mm allen key and 2-3ft long hollow tube.
 
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