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Dont beat yourself up. Share your 914 Pain, What silly thing did you do to hurt yourself? |
Mikey914 |
Jan 10 2018, 09:31 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,656 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
Well i know better but was trying to remove a shift knob that was stubbornly resisting. 2 good yanks got a little movements one more good yank, and pow right in the eye. I see it comming in slow motion. Cant shut my eye fast enough. A 5mm scrape on my cornia.
Fortunately my ophthalmologist worked me right in. The drops were great, but they will now allow it to heal so here i sit im my 914 self inflicted pain. I no remember tutlegirl making a note to self to "remove belly ring before sliding under car". Share you cautionary tales. |
bbrock |
Jan 10 2018, 09:49 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Must be something going around. Saturday, after a day of welding and grinding, I laid down to rest and a shower of crap fell from my eyebrows into both eyes, scratching both corneas. The right eye healed quickly, but yesterday my doctor had to remove a metal flake from the left eye, and today, a visit to the ophthalmologist to make sure that was it. After taking all the right precautions, it was not washing my face that got me.
And while we are confessing, it has been decades, but I learned about the power of the engine lid torsion bars the hard way and damn near lost a thumb. Heal quickly! |
jd74914 |
Jan 11 2018, 10:55 AM
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Its alive Group: Members Posts: 4,780 Joined: 16-February 04 From: CT Member No.: 1,659 Region Association: North East States |
Must be something going around. Saturday, after a day of welding and grinding, I laid down to rest and a shower of crap fell from my eyebrows into both eyes, scratching both corneas. The right eye healed quickly, but yesterday my doctor had to remove a metal flake from the left eye, and today, a visit to the ophthalmologist to make sure that was it. After taking all the right precautions, it was not washing my face that got me. Hopefully everything is healing up well! BTDT before and it really sucked-especially the eye vice part. I always wear a hat now too in addition to the glasses/helmet/shield to have one less place for particles to get caught and my first stop is the sink to wash my face off well as soon as I finish. I've also burned holes in my pants/boxers with weld spatter and once lit my shirt on fire with grinding sparks (not 914 on that one though). The worst injury was when I was using a knotted wire wheel and it caught an edge, kicked the grinder up, and caught my forearm. That scar is still there almost 15 years later. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) |
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