How often do u have a good injury???

[Rowan]

After suffering my third serious bleeder in abut 18 months I started to wonder if I should be anywhere near power tools. All three injuries have taken at least 4 hours to stop the flow of blood and one was a trip to casualty (there went that day).

Not counting the usual splinters and minor abrasions that result from rough wood and sharp tools, what is an "acceptable" time between accidents.

a) a week
b) a month
c) 6 months
d) a year
e) eternity!!!!

[craigb]

I was lucky to be able to vote Never.

I really hope I can keep it that way because the things that we play with can give you a really nasty bite. :eek:

So I for one, always try and treat them with the respect that they richly deserve.

However, accidents do happen

Craig

[silentC]

I'm not really the superstitious type but I feel I would be tempting fate to respond to this poll. I had the same feeling about the 'how many fingers have you got' poll from last week. So far, the answer is 'never' - touch wood (now, surely if that worked we'd all be injury free).

I was lucky enough to get through jobs in a sheetmetal works, a glazier, and a joinery without ever needing anything more than a bandaid.

[Wongo]

I voted “never” and the only reason is I have been very lucky.

I am learning to respect power tools and machinery though.

[duckman]

Where's the option for "more that yearly" or words to that effect?

My last serious injury (I'm a chippy) occurred about 6 years ago when I stepped off a ladder and found that a bucket containing broken glass had been placed, by a mates teenage son, near the bottom of the ladder and my right leg ran down a shard of broken glass. :eek:

Accidents involving tools are for me, very few and very far between.

[LineLefty]

I've been at this 6months now and not had a serious injury, bar a few chisel nicks and a decetn cut from a japanese handsaw. Having said that, I mainly stick to hand tools.

[Wood Borer]

I voted never but I don't like the option either. So far I haven't had a serious injury but who knows what the future holds.

I exercise safety precautions and think things through and keep a four leafed clover in my pocket. Keeping the bench clear is simple and effective but difficult to put into practice.

- Wood Borer

[LineLefty]

Keeping the bench clear is simple and effective but difficult to put into practice.
- Wood Borer

Thats a good safety tip WB, Most of the cuts Ive had has happened as I've grabed a tool of a cluttered work surface and touched the business end of a chisel or blade. IT also increases the chance of dropping and shattering some thing brittle steel goodies.

[Kev Y.]

I am afraid I had to vote yearly, however I have not been out in the shed for a while which helps improve my stats a bit.

The last accident ended up with a visit to casualty, after embedding a 25mm chisel into my index finger. (no stitches required THIS TIME)

Also I tend to believe that "every day I dont have and accident is a day closer to the day I will have one."

Kev

[E. maculata]

Must abide by NSW workcovers description of a "serious injury", therefore I have apparently never suffered a seroius one whilst in the shed woodworking, usually happens as soon as I set foot outside it though, or on my way to work, or at work, or on my way home, going to the shop............etc etc etc.
Lesson from my life "expect it when u least expect it"

Bruce C.

[bitingmidge]

How often do u have a good injury???

I must be lost. Sorry.

Have I stumbled into a S&M forum or sumfing?

To my way of thinking, NO injury is a GOOD injury.

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[RETIRED]

I have to answer that I have never had a good accident. The last LTI I had was in 1968 when I crushed my finger with a crank handle.

All my machines terrify me. You live longer that way.

[journeyman Mick]

All my machines terrify me. You live longer that way.

I'm with , maybe not terrified, but seriously mindful of the damage that they can do. Never had a serious injury, worst was a slip with a chisel that needed 3 stitches (I knew I was doing the wrong thing at the time) and a slip off a wheelhouse that sent me crashing onto an anchor winch cracking 3 ribs. Insufficient space for any sort of scaffolding or a ladder so there was nothing much that could have been done to prevent it. Most of my slips and injuries have occurred through a combination of stress and fatigue. Working 60+ hours a week (plus travelling time, plus time for paperwork) is just asking for trouble. I've become really good at saying "no" over the last few years. So the worst injuries nowadays are the occasional splinter or bump.

Mick

[WISE]

No suitable time between incidents just don't do the same thing twice.

I had to teach myself to learn from my injuries

A few years ago i was cutting masonite for presentation boards with a stanley knife (not too smart i know) slipped off the steel straight edge and cut the top off my thumb 1/3 through the nail all bar the skin on one side.

one year later almost to the day, once again was cutting masonite with the same conditions and sliced up the centre of my forfinger(just short of the bone) between the two nuckles closest to the nail.

haven't had a serious cut since and hope i havent prompted one with this brag.

[bsrlee]

Rex Mossop would LOVE the title of this one.

There is no such thing as a 'GOOD' injury - minor, serious, maim, dead is about how I see it.

The initial question also seems to imply that you SHOULD have accidents, and that you should look forwards to them! Then the explanatory text implies the opposite. AAAaaarrgghh!!

So far, woodworking for a few years now, I've only had one bleeder that needed a trip to the doctor - when asked if I had saved the piece of skin I had to gently explain that it was a thin red mist in the back yard - sticking a fingertip into a full speed router bit does that. Its just a bit shiney now, not too bad. Everything else has been a bandaid job. When metalworking I've had a few cuts, burns and such, nothing needing medical attention, but boy did they hurt - remember - Hit the rivet, not your finger!

But I have 'done' my back a few times, usually getting out of the shower or some similar domestic disaster - maybe they'll ban homes next?