Yesterday it was a ladder. And gravity, if that is a tool.
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What tool are you most afraid of?
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i have a old sioux drill press 3/4" chuck and 3/4HP motor with 400 rpm free spin ...... if your a MAN it can be pulled and free hand used as just a drill .
Not afraid of any tool but have a healthy respect for the ones that can really hurt me.
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Over 24" wide printing presses with 2 or more towers. You have to walk on/over and crawl underneath to clean back cylinders. Used to give me the willies to stand above the moving parts. Also loading the damn things with paper. We had a Sakuri, wore me out using it.
Back in the late eighties I was incorrectly using an old B/D stout 10” angle grinder as a cutting tool on some 3/8” thick angle iron and leaning down hard on it and it gripped and kicked back so hard ( even with both my hands on each handle and my arms bowed up ) that it hit me in the forehead just above my eyebrow damn near knocking me out.
Thank God it was the motor casing that made contact with me and not the blade ( also there was no safety shroud ) - even though I had on those large semi-soft rubber/plastic goggles that somewhat softened the blow I ended up with an enormous bump/lump deep cut and apparently was saying sentences backwards word for word when the guys around me were checking me out.
I learned a great lesson that day about not only being extra cautious while using any type of powered tool, along with all safety attachments, but also the dangers of improperly using tools - also, the truly best thing I learned that day was to thank the good Lord for watching over my young inexperienced dumbass !
I took that experience and applied respect and caution to any tooling and equipment from that point on and as a heavy equipment instructor later on in life I made certain to share and show some graphic safety videos in each class to give every student a sense of reality of what could happen so their attitude towards safety equipment & practices was welcomed instead of just being thought of as a hassle.
Thank God it was the motor casing that made contact with me and not the blade ( also there was no safety shroud ) - even though I had on those large semi-soft rubber/plastic goggles that somewhat softened the blow I ended up with an enormous bump/lump deep cut and apparently was saying sentences backwards word for word when the guys around me were checking me out.
I learned a great lesson that day about not only being extra cautious while using any type of powered tool, along with all safety attachments, but also the dangers of improperly using tools - also, the truly best thing I learned that day was to thank the good Lord for watching over my young inexperienced dumbass !
I took that experience and applied respect and caution to any tooling and equipment from that point on and as a heavy equipment instructor later on in life I made certain to share and show some graphic safety videos in each class to give every student a sense of reality of what could happen so their attitude towards safety equipment & practices was welcomed instead of just being thought of as a hassle.
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A ladder is for sure. Gravity we use all the time and many of our other tools wouldn't work. Hmmm..
tool
noun (1)
ˈtül1
a: a handheld device that aids in accomplishing a task
b(1): the cutting or shaping part in a machine or machine tool
(2): a machine for shaping metal : MACHINE TOOL
2
a: something (such as an instrument or apparatus) used in performing an operation or necessary in the practice of a vocation or profession
a scholar's books are his tools
b: an element of a computer program (such as a graphics application) that activates and controls a particular function
a drawing tool
c: a means to an end
a book's cover can be a marketing tool
For sure these statistics are based on how much the tools are used, not just their inherent danger. Who would consider a garden trowel more dangerous than a chainsaw? Maybe a blister is an injury. Of course if you run it over with the lawn mower and someone is standing down-range
I hit the first 2 in the last 3 weeks. Today I mow for the first time this season. I am screwed.
Hmmm… I have a friend missing fingers on both hands. First incident was garden gloves and 2 foot long shavings whipping around the drill press- grabbed the glove and turned the 5/8 bit into an end mill -pulled his hand in and milled up his pointer finger to the middle knuckle. His second incident was automotive- leaning on the Vw motor on the back of a friends buggy when that friend hit the start button- whipped his hand around in between the pulley and belt. He was stuck there with his arm twisted around and yelled at our friend to “bump the motor!” (Would have been better to stay there and let someone find a way to cut the belt)
When the motor bumped- cycled his hand:
-lopped off the index finger midway
-lopped off the end of his middle finger
-crushed and broke the end of the ring finger
When the motor bumped- cycled his hand:
-lopped off the index finger midway
-lopped off the end of his middle finger
-crushed and broke the end of the ring finger
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Anyway I look at every tool like it’s trying to kill me now
