Bad day for fingers

[Hem]

Saw a guy bury a skilsaw in his thigh. Back in the pinned guard days. mtmuley

back in the pin guard days?

 

[Jwill]

God bless those that need to learn things the hard way…

 

[Hem]

@mtmuley , I say that cuz its still been known to happen.
I'm really liking the Makita battery saws these days. I think they are safer than the cord saws. If binding occurs they don't jump around like the old ones.

 

[mtmuley]

@mtmuley , I say that cuz its still been known to happen.
I'm really liking the Makita battery saws these days. I think they are safer than the cord saws. If binding occurs they don't jump around like the old ones.

This guy was a rookie and on a roof. Saw got heavy and he rested it on his thigh. mtmuley

 

[Nick87]

Only takes a split second mistake.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I had a bad day for fingers once. As @Nick87 said, it only takes a split second mistake. Of course, I prefer to blame it on a stupid mule. On the bright side, I should get a 10% discount on manicures.

 

[Southern Elk]

Only takes a split second mistake.

Yep. My dad was the shop teacher and he always preached safety. He would cringe at some of the things that happen on framing jobs.

 

[Hem]

Yep. My dad was the shop teacher and he always preached safety. He would cringe at some of the things that happen on framing jobs.

My shop teacher was missing a digit.
I wanted no part of shop tools then.
Go figure.

 

[OntarioHunter]

This guy was a rookie and on a roof. Saw got heavy and he rested it on his thigh. mtmuley

Thankfully he didn't set it on his lap. Oh man, right there I almost made myself pass out.

 

[Flatbrimmer]

How you expelling that one to workmans comp? The claim officer might be a little skeptical.

Nope, we’re all independents. Gotta foot your own bills round these parts! You know the ol saying, “If you’re gonna be dumb…”

 

[kansasdad]

Ripping 2x10’s into 2x5’s at the lumber yard for a large order being shipped to the local “pre manufactured home” factory, I was standing at the saw getting the leading edge of the board lined up to feed into the blade. Another guy dropped the next 2x10 into the end of the board being cut, flipping it up into the air, and throwing my hand towards the spinning blade. Devine protection had to have been in action to keep my hand intact.

I stepped away and sat down for a hot minute or two to allow the adrenaline rush pass.

 

[okie archer]

I'm out on this thread! Made it to post #20, don't want to read any more. Yikes!

 

[TN2shot07]

This was a terrible thread idea and I just keep reading! Lol

When I was about 10 my dad was cutting the grass (we don’t mow lawns) and grabbed a stick to move it out of the way. The blade grabbed it at the same time and sucked his hand under the mower, lost the tips of the middle three fingers on his left hand.

My lesson from this is if that happens to let them go. Dad and the surgeon were insistent that they should be attached. He still has them but has a horrible time with that hand anytime it’s cold.

 

[hank4elk]

I buzzed the very tip of a finger once on my shaper.
Buried a chisel in my hand once.
Almost took a thumb with a fillet knife...with the back of the point. Went back to the fillet table after the stiches wearing a rubber glove to finish my shift.
I still have my old skilsaw with a screw holding the guard. Have not used it in years.

 

[Redmt]

Saw a guy bury a skilsaw in his thigh. Back in the pinned guard days. mtmuley

I saw that also. Guy was climbing a ladder with a pinned blade and somehow hit the trigger. He sunk it deep in his thigh. As I remember anyone caught doing it was instantly fired.

 

[Flatbrimmer]

I had a bad day for fingers once. As @Nick87 said, it only takes a split second mistake. Of course, I prefer to blame it on a stupid mule. On the bright side, I should get a 10% discount on manicures.

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What happened??

 

[Lyfter1013]

Well since we are playing show and tell my bad finger day was about 6 years ago now. Lost half my ring finger and flattened out my middle finger can’t tell in picture. Luckily they were able to save my middle finger. Mine were crushed in an extrusion mold that was locked in a cam track with an additional 2000 psi of nitrogen pressure

 

[Wild Bill]

My dad was a shop teacher for 30 years or so. No missing digits, but countless times he came home with his fingers and thumbs all smashed to hell. The usual culprit was a 7-9th grade girl trying to use a hammer in some fashion. I've never seen him shy or tense up around any power tools or hammers. I suppose after a while you just get desensitized.

 

[BAKPAKR]

What happened??

I was pulling a bight of rope hooked to a mule through a trailer window. As I was doing it, I thought, “This isn’t a good idea.” Right then, the mule and a horse, already in the trailer, had a disagreement and the rope tightened around my hand as it pulled it against the window edge. I am lucky I didn’t lose all of my fingers.

 

[thusby]

I’m in the club, also a casualty of a rope. This one while lashing a 40 footer to a dock cleat in heavy winds.