tech: how to send your self to the E.R.

this short tale is just a reminder to be careful out thare.

so i was working on the A mod this afternoon and wanted to get 3 or 4 smaller projects done but that did not happen due to project number 1. i was finishing up the install of the split wishbones, and on the the last little ajustment i brained my self with my pry bar. i'd pryed the end off the mount with the bar between the frame and bone then i needed to turn the end out two turns, but as i was doing that the bone slipped down and the spring pulled it in under the frame thussly tossing the prybar outward and on to the side/top of my head. after i came to my sences i reatached the bone to the mount and went inside and told the wife. we took the kids to her folks and me to the e.r.. three hours and a cat scan later i'm fine or as the dr said chock full of brains. but it was a pretty go scare and i dont want to do it again

 

That's dedication to a project.

Reminds me of the time I dropped a starter on my head while trying to install it in an apartment parking lot... or the time I ran my fingers under the belt of my truck while it was warming up after a few too many beer...or the...you get the drift- I feel your pain.

Wrong Way

 

To quote our esteemed Mr. Norwell "Ouch, that's gonna leave a mark!"

Only stupid thing I have evidence of pain from this weekend was swapping the springs on my 54 Chevy. The license plate bolts were rotted on the car (since '97) so I thought I'd use the cut off wheel to remove them. No sweat except for where dumb *** me grabbed the nut to pull it out of the mounting frame with no gloves. Burned the piss out of my index and thumb. Then I finished cutting off the DS spring while sitting under the car. I'd already removed the end bolt and shackle so when it came off, it dropped onto my shoulder and gouged my right arm about an inch and a half. Duh. Safety first!

At least I had my safety gl***es on...it could have been as much fun as that bolt I torched off and then laid on. Nice little burn on my back.

No ER though. Just a shower and some Neosporin!

 

WTF! no pic's

 

You know how we need our pics! Glad to hear your not mamed.

 

I have an addendum to add to yours...my almost trip to the ER...

taking the windshield out of the 55, cutting the gasket with razor knife from center of hood back (yes, that's stupid) and the knife slips off the old gasket and hits me right above where your appendix is. Without a look, I just apply pressure and walk to the truck, imagining the call to the wife on the way to the ER....

but, no wetness under my hand...life shirt...just a nick, barely broke the skin.

So the tech here is if you're going to be stupid with a razor knife and cut back towards yourself, make sure the blade is very dull. Yes, I felt very lucky!!

 

Two Dr's talking to each other..

"Say, what do you think he has?"

"Well, I say he has about $400...."

Be careful!

 

Guess better the noggin', than the nads............OUCH.....

 

Anybody ever try barefoot welding?

 

glad your ok
a bud went to the garage and found his sons head squished critictly between the frame and fallen engine ... thats why he did not come in for supper when called... sad but true
be careful out there.. when alone or with someone

 

Good times.

Just recently when bagging my truck I was taking the leaf spring u-bolts out. I had a pipe on the end of a breaker bar. I was pulling on it full force and of course the bolt broke and I took the end of the pipe to the eyebrow. After making sure i wasnt going to p*** out, there was that warm wet feeling down the side of my face. Not a good time. Luckily I didnt need to go to the hospital since I was the only one at the shop and my only transportation was taken apart.

 

My Dad always said "You get cut more from a dull knife than a sharp one".

 

Ouch.... My favourite trick seems to be leaving a 16 oz Estwing claw hammer on top of a ladder and then moving the ladder while under it.... Ya sorta hear it coming and try to make yourself reeeal small..
Clonk ...... glad your okay.

 

Just lost a good friend to a freak accident, wasn't in the shop but was working on the shop.

Sad story http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=58550

 

How about oxy acetylene cutting with shorts and flip flops?

I was cutting the boxing plates for my sweet new deep C-notches on my '60. 4 or 5 Newcastles had apparently dulled the memmory of last time I filled my shoes with molten steel.

At least my buddy was there to make fun of me. An added benefit was my feet made me look like a f*cking leper.

Good times

I may move slowly, but I make up for it by being clumsy

 

Right there with ya, was taking the coilovers out of my 38 chevy and had the rear end hanging, thought all the spring was out of them, and when I took out the bottom bolt the spring sprang against my ring
finger pinning it to the frame bracket. All my jacks were holding up the car and I couldnt move anyway. So as I felt like my tip of my finger was being pinched off I ripped it out. It swelled up and burst on both sides of the nail with blood shooting out from under the nail also. Talk about pain, the spring went another 2 inches past where my finger was. Lesson learned: 1/4 elliptic rear spring setups dont droop like a regular 4 bar. Stupid,stupid, stupid...

 

bad idea, worse is vans slippers and no socks, then the spatter has a nice place to nestle. this post reminds me of the time someone put my starter in 180 out and stupid me had a cutoff bud light can of gasoline over the carburetor when it backfired. my pal made sure to stop, look at me and say "Hell, now thats a fire" before running to garb an extinguisher. No ER trip, but minutes later we thought the fire department was gonna get called due to an unrelated holed piston whilst breaking in a cam. remember that one jeff?

 

well there are no pics the goose egg is under my mop a hair and it didn't end up bruising. no head ache to day but my neck is stiff. i used to weld in my car craft issue tevas and shorts but now its mt hamb issue all stars and cuffed jeans so i still get slaged any way just differently now

 

Barefoot welding...SISSIES!
now welding overhead while in an "indian style" seated position. THAT will make a man of you. or make you sing Soprano. point is, I would relish the singing of my toes compared to the singing of other, much more important peices. My "new" welding jacket is just baggy enough to cover anything in the "unmentionable" department.

another fun "sitting on the floor welding/cutting event"- then that large ball of slag rolls off and hits the floor and splatters, and somehow, 90 percent of it ends up under your backside. Fun!
nothing like doing the "Can-Can" across the shop trying to dislodge a peice of slag from your ***cheek.

sko- glad you're alright, mains. once upon a time I landed a double handed pull on a breaker bar directly to the end of my nose. makes you feel all intelligent and stuff, right?

 

Wow. Lucky it wasn't worse.


Like an idiot I was out doing some yard work in sandles on monday morning. Weeding around the bbq and what not. Decided I wanted to try and pop my pain in the **** hydromatic off my motor so I wondered into the garage. Gave it a couple tugs and dropped it on my foot. Fortunately it didn't break loose. Just rocked off the ghetto rig and fell on my foot. I got everything but my sandle out of the way.

Genious. that one could have been very bad. That ****er is heavy.

I think everyone has smacked themselves with a pry bar a time or too. Glad you didn't kill too many brain cells.

 

Anyone ever use a cutting torch overhead and have a hot ball fall in your ear. Really has a strange smell.

 

ouch

 

yup.. makes some weird noises as it p***es thru the eardrum
luckily it healed up. i now wear earplugs when i use the torch overhead
lesson learned the hardway

 

Ended up there this spring because i didnt want to waste a $7 tap and tried something else. $600 later that day........

 

Ive done that,

 

This last Saturday I just needed to move a 472 caddy engine and trans about 10 feet. So I started putting my engine crane together, I had the boom on my shoulder while I set the ram in place. Then the boom slipped off, and crushed my left hand against the upright. Holy f'n christ that hurt. I managed to only break one finger, twice the middle one on my left hand. I can flip people off BIG time right now! But just beware guys, you don't need to be doing stupid **** to get hurt.

 

now the real lucky part of this i didnt tell ya the pry bar i was useing on the p*** side was 1x1 tube and i got hit with the flat of the tube. thusly less of an ingury than if it was the corner of that tube.

but on the drivers side which i did first i used 2x2x1/4 stainless angle leg out of course so if this would have happend on that side i most likely wouldnt be typeing this

 

or how about the time i managed to brain myself
trying to fold over a small piece of metal on the grille shell using the hammer and pulling it towards me
suddenly it slips up and i get treated to the rare vision of the hammers fork coming straight at me

opened up an inch long cut on my forehead right to the bone
took 5 s***ches

im just thankful it wasnt my eye

 

Man, this thread sounds like a typical day in my garage for me.
Just ask my club mates...
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