My grinder with cut off wheel got me Sunday

Superglue can be used in the field if you are far away from treatment. Not the best or first choice but if you have some combat medics have been using different variants of it since Vietnam.

 

holly Sh*t man… hope you get better soon, and sorry to say, but yeah, better you that the lil one

 

Mine got me also when I was cutting the crossmember for my lift...took 5 staples on my knee


Glad it wasn't any worse for you

 

well done!

 

I work in a big welding, fab shop. Up until the last couple years we have not had anykind of saftey person. We do now and a lot of injuries have stopped do to enforcement of face shields and saftey glasses. Anyhow in the 10yrs i have worked there i have seen faces split open, fingers ripped off, hands and arms cut. Most of those due to 4 1/2" cut off wheels and people not wearing gloves and face shields. Anytime you use a tool like this it only takes seconds to go bad fast. Hope all heals well.

 

Just glad you are OK and in one piece

 

As dangerous as they can be, angle grinders and flap discs are beautiful things.

 

And never bet on a 3 legged horse named lucky

 

bah

 

my buddies harbor freight grinder exploded on the head, like into 8 or 9 pieces and caught him in the nose. needless to say he's okay but still pretty scary to see. hope you have a speedy recovery.

 

All I can say is ouch and glad everyone's fine!

 

+1. Safety is so much more than nanny idiot guards. To use the overbeaten horse, a dull knife is more dangerous. I work with machine shop equipment that will kill you, complacency and false sense of security is worse than anything else. I want all my operators acutely aware of the real dangers all the time.

 

Thanks to every one of you for your post. I appreciate you looking. If this thread can remind one person not to let their guard down around power tools then it was worth taking one for the team.

Normally when I pick up one of my 3 grinders, one with grinding wheel, one with cut off wheel, and one with sanding wheel, I'm in my grinding room with full clothing, leather gloves, a respirator, goggles (not open glasses) , ear plugs and hearing protection on my ears. Even when it's over 100 degrees in the shop. It's like riding a motorcycle, wear your gear!

Just wanted to point this out to remind anyone new to grinders that these things can and will bite now and then!

 

Ouch, Looks like it might of hurt a bit...

I first thought you said Grindr...

 

Good god yes!

Also, happy belated birthday Bud!

 

Ouch!! perhaps check with umm Chris4x4 I think he has OSHA approved flip flops:} Seriously glad it was just a surface wound still hurts like hell but as you said it didn't hit the baby.

Cypher

 

As mentioned, very good thing that it went to you instead of your child. Best wishes for a fast healing, and a return to full use of that foot!

 

Thanks Serge! Almost old enough to start forgetting things, pooping my pants, and getting away with flipping off youngsters.

 

thanks for sharing the experience. Just recently picked up an angle grinder with cutting wheels but hadn't got around to trying it out. This serves as an effective caution and disclaimer to the inexperienced user like me to wear proper gear and not underestimate what kind of carnage this can cause.