A Good Enough Reason to Wear Safety Boots - (slightly icky photo)

[Wild Dingo]

aaaahhh tuffen up yer big sook! grab the nail gun turn on the compressor an punch a 3in nail in to the peices {ie up the toe} snip of the end if it sticks out down a carton of Run, Jacks, Tiquila or whatevers handy {turps, metho chateau de cardboard etc} supplied by yer dopey wombat of a mate... and move on

nah mate just jokin ... now me I just attack me fingas never have banged up me tootsies and Im always bare foots

mmm I think I have an ol mangled up full of spider webs pair of steel caps around here somewhere I think I may just have to find em now

[Cabbie]

Hehe yeh doin that ca be pretty painful but if you think that is heavy try liting 3600x1800 34mm MDF built up with a sheet of 16MM MDF the same size to make 50mm thick MDF thats blood heavy n takes guys to lift. I had to lift a couple sheets myself lucky I had a forklift handy they are good for all sorts of things. I hope ya toe get better soon looks pretty painful.

[Terry B]

Oh crud.

Is this true?

I saw a Doc so I could get painkillers, but he mentioned nothing about my bed of nails.....

Does anyone else know if this is true?? Terry B - I'm looking in your direction....

I've been out. See the PM

[Markw]

Felder
There's just no excuse these days not to wear some form of safety shoe or boot (other than being lazy of course ) cause they can be so comfortable you'd think you were just wearing joggers.

If weight is a problem, a class 2 shoe with a plastic cap instead of the steel one is much lighter and would have stopped the majority of pain your suffering.

Me, I like a big heavy boot as I would normally wear a pair of Colorado dress boots to work, the safety boots I now get weigh less than the Colarado's and are softer and more comfortable. The only problem is going through Sydney Airport and having to remove your boots at the security check .



All you need to do is spend some time and go to a few of the various safety shops and find a boot to suit you comfort requirements.

[rodent]

your going to have to look up skews article on making a walking stick im thinking (bugga) safety first no pain later.

[martrix]

I wear steel capped CAT boots about 90% of the time.

While wearing them, I have never dropped anything on my toes, but its the old Murphy's law in that you will only drop something on your toes when you're not wearing them.

Hope it heals OK........ouch! .

[journeyman Mick]

Brendan,
I've said it before, but if you want a comfortable workboot try Steel Blue, they have a 30 day comfort guarantee. Try a well fitted pair and if you're not satisfied that they're comfortable, take them back, no questions asked.

Mick (usual disclaimer, no pecuniary interests, although I wish I did own shares )

[David H]

Brendan
As Mike has said below - try a pair of Steel Blue workboots. I bought a pair about 12mths ago and they are the best Iv'e had in the last 30yrs of steelcaps. Just so comfortable. Fit like gloves and you don't end up with sore feet and legs at end of the day. No I don't own shares either.
Cheers
David H

[journeyman Mick]

................... No I don't own shares either..........

But don't you wish you did?

Mick

[Pulse]

Brendan, How'd it go?

I should mention that I'm an Orthopaedic registrar (advanced surgical trainee) and spend my time assessing these injuries in ED, It's not unusual for injuries to be neglected or underestimated by your local doctor. The advice I gave you is what I'd say if i saw you in hospital...

Cheers
Pulse

[rsser]

Funny how nail injuries hurt out of all proportion.

I was hand planing some rough sawn oregon and stopped concentrating for a moment. Dragged the index finger and drove a splinter under the nail full length.

[Felder]

Brendan, How'd it go?

I should mention that I'm an Orthopaedic registrar

Sounds like you know what you are on about.....

I'll post an updated pic tomorrow, but it is healing pretty well. It's going a bit black, not bleeding anymore, nowhere near as painful and I've been able to get a boot over it.

Your damaged nail bed theory still has me a bit worried though......if you would be kind enough to look at the pic tomorrow and tell me if I need to go see a specialist?

A thousand thank you's!

[Felder]

Never got around to posting that second pic, but went back to the doc instead.

Got an X-ray done.

She's broken.

Remedy - wear tight fitting shoes for a while. If that doesn't work, then plaster.

Ahh sod it.

[ss_11000]

lol .

unlucky mate...hope it heals up well.

[Bob38S]

Next time make sure the thongs are double pluggers