Sharp lathe tools!! Ouch

[twhite]

I had to get stitched up 3 weeks ago at work. Nice slice that got me 5 stitches. All good now. The guys left me some notes.

Cutting oil is my blood.

 

[OTmachine]

For cuts, I use Dr. Bronners Castile Soap with Tea Tree Oil once or twice a day. Heals fast and reduces festering a lot. Good stuff!

 

[markba633csi]

Warning! Warning! Will Robinson!

 

[MrWhoopee]

Seems to come with age, my wife is the first to notice my cuts and scrapes. "How did you do that?" "Do what?" Carbide inserts aren't nearly as dangerous.

 

[stupoty]

My favorite used to be cutting the back of my hand on a milling cutter whilst measuring a part in the mill. Luckily I seem to have got out of that habit (touch wood)

Stu

 

[jwmay]

Be happy you’re not on thinners. A coworker is, and that poor guy ought to wear leather gloves with sleeves to the shoulder.

 

[Nesse1]

Where I work, every time someone "injurers" themselves, it's mandatory to fill out an "accident report". After working in the machine shop one morning, and acquiring a tiny little cut, our safety guru, who is a friend, and great guy, was employing me to fill out the report. I looked at him in the eye, and chuckled. He knows. He's just doing his job, though.

 

[Janderso]

When I go for a blood draw, I tell the phlebotomist, "I don't need a bandage, I'm not a bleeder. If I were I would have died long ago with all the cuts I get." I seldom go a week without at least one cut. I don't worry until the blood is spurting.

Heck, one time I was bowhunting and stabbed myself in an artery in the crook of my arm while trimming some brush. I held my arm up to my shoulder to stop the flow and continued hunting until the end of the day. Actually, I was more upset that I had just put a half inch slit in my new Goretex jacket. When I got home, I glued the cut with some Superglue and sew the slit in my jacket. I still have the jacket and it is my favorite outdoor jacket . I still have the scar as well. It is just below the site where they draw the blood.

Ouchj. those broadheads are razor sharp!!
I speak from experience also

 

[RJSakowski]

Ouchj. those broadheads are razor sharp!!
I speak from experience also

It actually was my pocket knife. I had long since before given up wearing a hunting knife and I was using my little Gerber to cut some Multiflora Rose which was in my field of fire. I was concentrating more on avoiding the thorns and not enough on where my other arm was. The knife slipped and blood spurted.

 

[Janderso]

Just follow the trail of red drips on the floor to the first aid kit...

I often find myself questioning, is that Dykem or did I cut myself again?

I've been toying around with the idea of having a first aid set in the shop. That would avoid the tell tale trail of blood drops going into the bathroom.