Tim Carver wrote:


On the other hand (couldn't resist :-)) I can imagine cases where
wearing a ring in the shop would be dangerous. My brother was a
welder and maintenance supervisor at International Harvester. Nobody
wore rings in his department. This may be a myth, but they were told
that there had been an instance of a guy falling off of a steel
I-beam, catching his ring on the edge as he tried to grab the beam to
save himself, and having the skin completely ripped off of his ring
finger as his entire body weight hung from the ring caught on the
beam. Nobody was quite sure if this was true, but they all chose
to not wear rings, because it seemed like something that could
actually happen to even a reasonably careful person. This is very
unlike the ring-around-the-tablesaw question, which requires several
concurrent stupid decisions in order for an accident to occur.




I'm a mechanic.

I went to Vocational school, I've worked on Uncle Sugars
Nuclear Missiles, and earned my A&P. The machinery I've
worked on is used on earth, sea, sky and outer space.
Compared to some equipment I've worked on, the nastiest
machine in your home shop is pretty pussy.

Woodworking is a past time for me but the safety rules still
hold: No adornment of any type while working. No rings,
chains or watches.

From my point of view it's funny as hell to read dumbasses
justifications for wearing jewelry around machinery. Bottom
line is, if you wear a ring in the shop your a Pollyanna.


Everyone has brain farts.


It's been three days since my right eye's been right. Seems
I got a piece of metal stuck in it from grinding. I was
installing outlets in the ceiling for my shop lights. I
needed to move one but I had ring shanked it to the truss
and the easiest way to get it off was with my die grinder.
I put on the safety glasses and ear muffs. I ground off the
heads making sure the sparks didn't go near anything
valuable, especially myself.

Later, while washing up in the shower, I get this pain in my
right eye. I figured it was soap. The next day it was a bit
scratchy but I couldn't see anything in the eye. WTF???

It was a bit of dark gray grinding bur in my cornea. Somehow
this ball got lodged in my eye *after* I was done using the
grinder. I think it got washed there in the shower.

(hospital story omitted)

Went to the opthamologist. Real freaky listening to a needle
twang while their picking at your eyeball.



I submit this story to illustrate how one can follow safety
procedures and still get bit.


So go ahead, wear your rings, work safely and if you get bit
tell us why it shouldn't have happened.




--

Mark

N.E. Ohio


Never argue with a fool, a bystander can't tell you apart.
(S. Clemens, A.K.A. Mark Twain)

When in doubt hit the throttle. It may not help but it sure
ends the suspense. (Gaz, r.moto)