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Work on cars? WEAR EYE PROTECTION!!, Just got out of the ER |
ChrisReale |
Nov 19 2004, 11:00 PM
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Sleazy Group: Members Posts: 2,665 Joined: 20-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 176 |
Wear goggles or some type of eye protection. I just spent the last two hours in the ER having a doctor pluck a piece of rusty metal off my eyeball. (i tried to get it out, but no luck) Save yourself the hassle....wear goggles (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool_shades.gif)
Oh yea, no pics, sorry (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
Jeroen |
Nov 19 2004, 11:08 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,887 Joined: 24-December 02 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 3 Region Association: Europe |
BTDT (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
The nurse who was taking care of it had more facial hair than me. Not a face I enjoyed having within 2 inches of my own (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) Lesson learned, never wanna see her again (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
Bleyseng |
Nov 19 2004, 11:16 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,036 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I was wearing eye goggles at work when some fireproofing hit me in the face cuz some dumbshit was knocking it off. It went behind my eye soo I spent 4 hrs having a woman Doctor flush and pick it out. Ever had your eye in a clamp? Now that was fun, "Don't move or I could blind you". Never sat still for so long....
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Bruce Allert |
Nov 19 2004, 11:20 PM
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Hellions asleep Group: Members Posts: 3,289 Joined: 19-March 03 From: Eagle Creek, Orygun Member No.: 441 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Yuppers... me too. Whilst liv'n in NortDakota I was fix'n on mah muffler when a piece got in mah eye. Had to go to the eye doc to get the fine piece extracted. The best part was, instead of my reglar insurance paying for it the car insurance did since it was car related! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
Wear dem dam goggles (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) ...b P.s. Chris... you OK? |
hargray2 |
Nov 19 2004, 11:48 PM
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fuh-q Group: Members Posts: 302 Joined: 12-December 03 From: hardeeville,sc Member No.: 1,432 |
I got a piece of aluminum in my eye. I could see the little bastard stuck in there. It was in there a few days (I'm a dumbass) before I finally got it out myself. STOOOPID!
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redshift |
Nov 19 2004, 11:49 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
I am glad you got to see me..
M |
Trekkor |
Nov 20 2004, 12:13 AM
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I do things... Group: Members Posts: 7,809 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Napa, Ca Member No.: 1,413 Region Association: Northern California |
Yeah, getting a little piece of metal off the eye is totally un-cool.
Had it done about 15 years ago ( VW exhaust rust ) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) The doctor comes at you with a little cutoff wheel/dremel thingy and scuffs it off the surface of your eyeball. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) Then ye get to wear a wee eye patch, Sonny Jim, an' ye start talkin' like a scurvy sea dog, arr. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pirate.gif) KT |
Brett W |
Nov 20 2004, 12:31 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,858 Joined: 17-September 03 From: huntsville, al Member No.: 1,169 Region Association: None |
Wait until you get the joy of having the peice go in your eye and you can't find it. The doc tells you to wait until the peice rust so he can find it. That will really get to you. Always were your safety glasses.
Never hurts to keep a very clean magnet in your tool box for getting those peices of metal out of your eye. |
mattillac |
Nov 20 2004, 01:02 AM
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robots! Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: 27-October 04 From: vallejo,ca Member No.: 3,020 |
carb cleaner is another fun thing to get in your eye...feels like, uh, carb cleaner... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pinch.gif)
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Carlitos Way |
Nov 20 2004, 04:22 AM
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I did it MY WAY Group: Members Posts: 1,337 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Simi Valley, CA Member No.: 2,757 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(mattillac @ Nov 19 2004, 11:02 PM) carb cleaner is another fun thing to get in your eye...feels like, uh, carb cleaner... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pinch.gif) Does that make your eyes blink faster? Sorry, I couldn't resist |
Sparky |
Nov 20 2004, 09:39 AM
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Mahna Mahna! Group: Members Posts: 1,134 Joined: 21-June 03 From: Spencer, MA Member No.: 847 |
Once upon a time ago while standing on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier, during a healthy storm, the plane I was standing under (C2) was hit by jet wash from a jet blast deflector failure. Thats the big thingy that pops up out of the flight deck behind the planes as they are launching. They were launching F-14's at the time. The jet blast pushed the C2 into another C2 that had its props turning. The resulting aluminium shower embedded slivers in me that I still pick out today. That was Roughly 15 years ago. One piece flew through my safety goggles an stuck in my eye. When they extracted it in the ER they figured it was about 2" long. No damage but I still have a red spot from where it entered. Goggles good. Had I not been wearing them I would have lost my eye.
Wear them goggles no matter how silly ya look. You'd look even funnier with a glass eye roll around in there. My best, Mike D. |
Rhodes71/914 |
Nov 20 2004, 10:53 AM
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Glacier Group: Members Posts: 1,374 Joined: 8-August 04 From: End of the Road, Alaska Member No.: 2,482 |
I was wearing eye protection when in a shop putting a hydraulic ram together for a front end loader. We were working on getting the ram lined up to hook it back to the bucket. Dumbass running the controls (owner/boss) didn't know when to stop, the seal on the ram failed, and shit went flying. Goggles saved me from a sh$t load of hydraulic fluid going in my eyes but couldn't stop part of the ram from glancing off of my head and sending me to the ER for stitches. I got looking, prolly could have been killed.
I was warned after that about the guys safety record, needless to say I didn't stay there very long after that. |
Katmanken |
Nov 20 2004, 11:22 AM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Yup,
I sympathize with you! I had a piece of good German teener steel stuck in my eye. I wore goggles, took a shower, washed my hair and two hours later the damn thang fell out of my hair and into my eye (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Those eye dremels are scary (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) Ken |
Sammy |
Nov 20 2004, 12:01 PM
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. Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Orange, Ca Member No.: 178 |
In 1986 I was involved on an explosion at an oil refinery. Got metal frags in both eyes, spent 10 days completely blind, doc says I was lucky to regain sight.
I was wearing ansi safety glasses at the time and they prolly made the difference. now I'm veeeery careful with my eye balls. |
Allan |
Nov 20 2004, 01:03 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(Sammy @ Nov 20 2004, 10:01 AM) In 1986 I was involved on an explosion at an oil refinery. Was it at Valero/Ultramar or whatever it was called back then? |
Sammy |
Nov 20 2004, 03:47 PM
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. Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Orange, Ca Member No.: 178 |
Nopers, Valero/Ultramar in wilmington was the safest refinery I ever worked at and I've been in a bunch of em.
The explosion I refered to was at a small independent called Powerine Oil Company in Santa Fe springs. No big deal, that place blew up on a regular basis. Imagine a place with very flammable stuff at extremely high temperatures and pressures that is held together with JB weld and duct tape, that was Powerine. I fought at least a dozen serious fires in the 9 years I worked there. It's been closed since 1995 but the funny thing is, I enjoyed working there more than any other place. The concept of never-ending crisis management brought the 400 or so employees very close together, like a family. I haven't fought a class C fire since I left that place. |
muddboy |
Nov 20 2004, 04:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 10-November 04 From: Anahiem, CA Member No.: 3,085 Region Association: Southern California |
In 10 years of working as a machinist... you would think I would learn. I have had to have my eyeball "SCRAPED" 3 times in the last 5 years... (btw... thats what they do when the piece of metal is to deep to "pluck" out).
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dan10101 |
Nov 20 2004, 06:17 PM
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TORQUE-o-holic Group: Members Posts: 1,140 Joined: 29-April 03 From: Eagle Point, Or Member No.: 626 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Just so the youngn's get the message. I'll throw mine in the mix. Sounds like just about every old guy has had this experience. Was back in my tire and wrenching days. Putting an air gun on a hose. The hose end came off and blew rust and crap from the air lines into my face. Several hours later in ER, I ended up fine.
Not to mention numerous times of looking up under a car and having something fall into my eyes. Muffler jobs were the worst. Let's just say, no reason not to wear eye protection. |
charlesmac |
Nov 20 2004, 09:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 27-June 04 From: Richland, MS Member No.: 2,264 |
Well, my first eye incident happened in geometry class my junior year of high school. Walked in the class room and was standing behind one of my buddies listening to him describe the wreck he had the night before. Of course, not many people can talk without using thier hands, he just happned to have a compass in his at the time. yup, you guessed it, the compass stuck in my eye when he jerked his hand toward my face. (in his defense, he didn't know i was there) punctured the lens, which had to be removed, and started forming a cataract. I can see now since i got a lens replacement surgery done a few years ago. goggles would've saved my eye, but who wears them to geometry class? oh, and had the dremel thing done a couple of times to remove metal and the surrounding rust, in the same eye!! I wear goggles any time i cut or grind or even think something might fall in my eye.
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DNHunt |
Nov 20 2004, 09:53 PM
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914 Wizard? No way. I got too much to learn. Group: Members Posts: 4,099 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Gig Harbor, WA Member No.: 598 |
Got rusty metal in my eye. Damn doc used the same bur I use on teeth on my eye. Not funny when he said " Hold still this won't hurt a bit".
Dave |
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