Just a reminder from one who ALMOST always wears em.
I started my day as I usually do, arrived at the job (a bathroom remodel) and began to set up. Once the tools were unpacked and my belt was secured around my waist I headed up to the third floor bath. Half way up I realized my safety glasses weren`t dangling about my neck. I thought about turning around for them but decided I`d grab them next trip. Once upstairs I got the compressor humming and began to lay out the 1 x 3 T&G wainscotting I had cut to size in advance, the day before. I set the first peice into position and checked it for plumb. Looked good so I shot the first nail of the day to hold it in place. Bing, Bam, Boom…”what the hell just hit me?” The nail split the board and sent a chunk flying which missed my eyeball by a fraction of an inch and embedded itself in my face. Fourteen hours later and its still sore. Once I removed the debris from just below my right eye I headed down the three flights I had traveled just moments before. As if you need a reminder…PUT THOSE SAFETY GLASSES ON!!!
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
“DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE”
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J.D.-
Thank you for sharing this with everyone. It is foolish not to wear safety glasses on the jobsite. Period. No one has been successful in convincing me otherwise. I'm the poster boy for safety eyewear, since I'm down to only one myself. Anybody wants to know more, feel free to ask me, I'm glad to speak about it.
ken Hill
Last week I was cutting on the TS and a nice little piece of something smacked me in the bridge of the nose just below my SG. I started bleeding not to bad but bad enough to thank the good lord I have to wear glasses. Darkworksite4: When the job is to small for everyone else, Its just about right for me"
A big second to the motions here.
Was routing out a piece of 20 durometer rubber last Sunday for a well sealb and it pulled out of the vise and hit glasses.
Nice shiner, but no eye damage. Thought a piece of soft rubber was safe, never too old to learn.
yeh, makes you throw all thoughts about getting contacts out the window.
The other day one of my crew was cutting on the TS,without his SG, when he couldn't squint any longer from the sawdust hitting his face,HE TURNED AWAY FROM THE BLADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scared by this,(I saw him at the last moment), I went on a rant and threatened to send him home for the day,if not longer!
I'm new to the crew, and the safety standards WERE more lax before, NEVER AGAIN!If it is to be, 'twil be done by me..
Yup. Stuff happens every day. I was cutting on the TS yesterday and did not push a piece all the way past the blade when I turned it off. Blade caught the cutoff and threw it in my face. No damage, but a face shield would not be out of the question, either.
When using saws, especially the TS and MS, I create a visual image with the blade brightly pulsing/glowing blood red. This forces me to keep my eye(singular!) on that damn killer blade and anything that gets close to it. You need to strive for 100% vigilance with this stuff!
Ken Hill
sometimes the safety gear can be a real PITA to find after you take them off. Just the other day, I was looking all over hell trying to find my hearing protectors, I said to the guy helping me " Have you seen my ear muffs?" "Yeah, ther're hanging around your neck!" he says. DUH.
Just a quick tip I read in JCL or FWW. Wipe your safety glasses with Rain-X. Keeps them from fogging up. That may keep them where they belong longer.
Dave
What a bunch of sissys. Next thing you'll be sayin' is we all ought to wear dust masks and have air filtration systems in our shops, lift with our legs, wear hard hats and knee pads when working on the floor, do stretching exercises, eat right and get enough rest. You didn't hear this kind of talk when I was comin' up. No sir.
...and you can't hear it now ,only because you didn't.....If it is to be, 'twil be done by me..
Aye..what did ya say???? Darkworksite4: When the job is to small for everyone else, Its just about right for me"
HE SAID HE THINKS HE KNOWS YOU!
Huh? Oh no thanks I just ate breakfast..... Darkworksite4: When the job is to small for everyone else, Its just about right for me"
I worked for a guy that kept a set of old safety glasses in his job bag. In the middle of the right lens there was a hole melted through and there is a small dribble of copper running down the inside of the lens. While Cadwelding the mold exploded, a single drop of water can cause this, and a blob of molten copper hit the lens. Had it not been for the glasses he would have lost an eye. As it was he got a small burn where the molten copper went down the inside of the lens and contacted his cheek. Even with the safety glasses it was a close thing. He keeps the glasses as an object lesson and reminder to wear safety equipment.