Share your accidents and close-calls so others can learn from them?

I haven't found that to be a problem.

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Doug Miller
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After it has been on a few moments, the dust seems to disappear.

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BillinDetroit

The interesting part is when you haven't done any ww for a few weeks, and then put the facemask on without checking it first. Bloody spiders.

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Dave Gordon

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I believe both sides. But this reminds me. For what it's worth, when I was becoming certified for scuba, the instructor pointed out that she was not the slightest bit worried about the inexperienced divers such as us at the time. It was always the experienced divers becoming overconfident, and especially the experienced divers who have not dived in a long time and jump right back into it, that too often get hurt. Or die.

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Thomas G. Marshall

put the facemask on

spiders, that's my welding helmet ... I have to scrape the spider crap off the glass at times when I haven't used it for a year or so ;-)

But the face shield thing has never worked for me. After half a mo' it used to be so full of [muck] from the outside and so full of fog from the inside that it became more dangerous working with it ON than OFF. So I stick with safety glasses. The new ones have inserts with lenses for close work, which is even better. Damn, but my eyes are going downhill fast.

-P.

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Peter Huebner

THIS is a safety thing I'm HORRIBLE at following. What could paint possibly do to me? Thanks for telling me.

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Thomas G. Marshall

My diving instructor had us all play underwater rugby the first night. The idea was for someone to get, hold, and deposit a 5 pound block of rubber in a bucket at one end of the pool. Other than that, there were no rules. Now 8 feet of water isn't very deep, until you're near the bottom - with the "ball" - almost out of air and four or five guys allegedly trying to take the "ball" away from you but actually trying to drowned your sorry ass to eliminate some competition. The macho guys were the first ones that had to be pulled from the pool and resucitated after pushing themselves WAY passed their limit (or being held under well passed their limit).

The lesson taught - when you're in or under the water - NEVER get even close to what you think is your limit. When your tank tells you it's time to surface - do it.

Other lessons taught

When a current grabs you go with it, fighting it will kill you. It WILL let you go after a while and the ride can be quite exilerating.

If you don't know for sure that it's edible, don't shoot it.

If you're not sure you can kill it - don't shoot it.

At or below 60 feet, if you see a liquid in your mask that ain't water clear but rather sort of green - DO NOT CLEAR YOUR MASK - that's blood - the water filters out red first. Head up and out and find out why your nose is bleeding.

Always dive with at least one partner - and keep him/her on the "blue water" side - cuts your chances of getting shark bit in half, even lower if you're on the shallow water side.

NEVER get out of the water with a loaded speargun.

DO NOT point a loaded spear gun at your instructor and show him how you bent your spear point on a rock with your last shot. ( I actually saw a student do that. He spent a two day trip sitting on board while the rest of us were out for grouper and lobsters) .

If you're dumb enough to shoot a Parrot Fish, don't show it to your diving instructor or brag about the BIG fish you got. Parrot Fish are the puppy dogs of the reef -and they put a lot of blood in the water if you poke a hole in them.

Unless you absolutely know what's in a hole - DO NOT STICK YOUR ARM IN IT.

If you aren't sure the opening in the other end is big enough for you to get through DO NOT SWIM INTO A CAVE / TUNNEL.

Back to woodworking

If that little voice in the back of your head is saying "DON"T DO IT!" - then don't do it, whatever "it" is.

An often overlooked danger - you've just milled up a board and it now has nice square corners and nice square edges. They WILL cut you if they have a chance to slide against your tissue. So if you grab that freshly milled Four Square board, make sure you've got a good grip on it - or have BandAids readily available.

DO NOT move cut offs away from a running bandsaw blade with any part of your body.

If something doesn't sound right - find out why.\\

When a chisel or anything else with a sharp cutting edge is falling off your bench DO NOT TRY AND CATCH IT.

If your jaw is clenched or your shoulders are tight your body is trying to tell you something. Find out what that is ASAP.

If you work alone in a detached building, or even a basement, keep a portable phone or cell phone on you. You may be the only one who can call 911 in time.

A full sheet of 3/4" MDF is heavy and slippery. If you're lifting it off a table or bench to get it vertical for carrying, and it slips, all that weight and all that momentum will usually land on one or both of your feet. Get help or cut it down to manageable pieces.

Nail guns, and even pin nailers may not drive the nail like you think they will. Shooting a nail - even a pin nail - into your finger and thumb is not a good idea. Keep fingers and thumbs well away from where the nail MIGHT go.

charlie b

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charlieb

My diving instructor had us peel and eat a banana while under water.

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spebby_92

Snip

When I was in the Army, we had a recruit point an SLR at the Instructor saying "It's jammed I think Sarg". Well I think he got the "Sarg" bit out just before the barrel was pushed to one side and a bunch of fives caught him on the chin. He sure learnt a lesson and the rest of us watching did to.

Sometimes Words just ain't enough :)

regards John

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John B

I think the word you are looking for is "snip" ;-)

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Dave Gordon

I think the word you are looking for is "mega" ;)

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Thomas G. Marshall

ooops!

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Dave Gordon

When I was taking a CCW class, one of the participants, not paying attention to the muzzle, pointed a loaded pistol at the instructor. The instructor very politely asked him for the gun, asked him to leave, and then told the rest of us that that guy was not going to get his CCW, not now, not _ever_.

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J. Clarke

To get a CCP? I'm not a gun guy. In any case, the instructor might well have been using this as a perfect opportunity to drive home the point to every other member in the class. IOW, if that guy had been the sole student, he would have merely gotten a severe talking-to.

Perfectly valid technique. Could well have staved off some serious injuries or deaths over his lifetime as an instructor. Good for him. I'm thinking the seargent's knuckle approach was a little better. I'm wondering if OSHA would allow that for pointing nailguns around, like some of the lesser thinking construction hacks have been known to do from time to time. (Or so I'm told).

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Thomas G. Marshall

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