OT: A really stupid move....

May 13, 2005 7 Replies

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Prometheus 21 years ago

Well, I guess I'll be getting the idiot of the week award today.... I was milling out some parts at work tonight, and decided that it was time to clear out the chip bin in the back. Trouble was, I had a metal bin full of parts right next to the table, and didn't wait for the cycle to finish before walking right between the bin and the mill table. Kinda did one of those Wile E. Coyote things that he does when he runs off the edge of a cliff when I realized about one second too late that I had just done something really, really dumb.

Long story short, when the cycle finished and the table homed itself, my upper thighs got compressed into about 3" wide gap on the X axis, and then the Y axis homed dragging me right into the raised corner of the bin... The guy at the next station had to free me with a pallet jack, as he didn't know how to operate the mill. Luckily, nothing got broken, but I've got some lumps the size of softballs on both sides of each of my thighs. Now I'm afraid to go to bed, since I already know how *that* is gonna feel in the morning- and I've got another thousand parts that must be finished before Sunday.

The irony of it is that I won $25 on Tuesday in our "Safety Month" drawing. Should've seen that coming...

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Dave in Fairfax 21 years ago

Prometheus wrote: snip of painful accident

At least you didn't loose parts or break anything. Glad that you got off with just wee bit o' pain. It coulda been a lot worse.

Dave in Fairfax

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Unquestionably Confused 21 years ago

How about that? Two great wins! $25 last Tuesday and yesterday a lesson you'll never forget.

Glad the only major damage appears to be your pride. Thanks for sharing, it may make some of us think before we follow in your footsteps.

So? Just how bad WAS getting up this morning?

Prometheus? Prometheus? Hey, you still there?

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Lee Michaels 21 years ago

At least you learned something.

And the damage wasn't too bad.

I suspect that you are wiser now.

Although banged up a bit.

Get well soon.

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Joe AutoDrill 21 years ago

I thought your subject line was "A really stupid movie" and expected to hear something about Attack of the Killer Tomatoes or something...

Glad you seem to be okay. Get to a doctor. Internal bruising can lead to clotting if it is serious enough... And that can lead to some major problems or worse.

Regards, Joe Agro, Jr. (800) 871-5022

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Upscale 21 years ago

Had a little trouble understanding your description of how the injury happened, but it was descriptive enough to sound really painful. Hope it doesn't last too long.

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Prometheus 21 years ago

Most styles of mills have a table that moves towards and away from you (Y-axis) as well as side-to-side (X-axis). When a part is being fabricated, the mill is usually somewhere near the center of where it can move to. When it's done, the table moves to one side and forward, to allow you to take the finished part out. When the table moved, I was between it and a hard place. Nothing too serious, though it could've been if that bin had been any closer to the machine. Instead, I just got off with some rather impressive lumps and bruises, a bit of soreness, and a promise to myself that I won't be doing

*that* again. :)

I just figure it's always useful to remind folks with tools that accidents happen. That, and it gives anyone I may have pissed off in the past something to giggle about! Aut inveniam viam aut faciam

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