Warning To U All

[speedtripledan]

started stripping the puegeot yesteday and ended up in A&E a bit of crap fell in my eyes causing a scratch on my eyeball, worse still i now have blurred / double vision. i wasnt grinding or cutting just under the car taking the exhaust off. Been back to hospital today and been told it might take a week to get back to normal.

[Mitch]

always wear safty glass's when under car, so much *bleep* can drop off,

 

feel for you dan, well no i don, only you feeling the pain t but good reminder for the rest of us,

 

Mitch

[Guest mower man]

Dan be bloody care full mate it takes but a split second to loose your sight I was luckyI only lost one mostly wore goggles for any thing like that but not always[ yes i'm stupid ]and touch wood have got away with it but wouldn't like to see anyone else get to be like me or worse ,hopefully see you weds take care mick

[agent_zed]

sorry to hear that, hope its mends quickly.

 

family always laugh at me as i normally end up in mask,safety specs, ear plugs when doing jobs. But i'd rather not damage my lungs, eyes or ears even if i am being over careful.

 

Dad once burnt his eye chipping a bit of hot flux off a arc weld. had a blurred vision for a week or so luckily it healed without a problem.

Edited February 4, 2013 by agent_zed

[Al Milton]

Bloody hell Dan, hope it's better soon.

 

 

Safety glasses aren't all nerdy now, there are some quite trendy ones.

And quite cheap compared to the value of your eyesight

[Guest peter2b2002]

been there done it, herts like hell, now allways wear gogles, hope u get better quickly

peter2b

[Guest whiz]

Played a blinder there mate lol only joking I'm always guilty of not wearing goggles and I should no better

[steve in stockport]

Been there too, spent all day welding and grinding under a VW camper with goggles etc, took them off when sweeping uo and flicked a piece of metal into my eye. Two trips to A&E to have the metal removed with a needle and the rust ring scraped of the eyeball, couldn't see properly for over a week

 

[Richard Grove]

Just ordered myself a new pair of safety specs off e-bay, memories rushing back of my day spent in A&E a few years back having crap from under the car scraped off my eye ball.

[biksz]

i still do it even when welding i no i shouldnt and have got safety glasses and do wear them when i remember

[fry61]

Went to A & E many years ago,flakes of rust in eye; we need to scrape the eyeball Sir--- fainted---- they waited until I came round before starting again.

[Guest merc190provan]

Me too, i think just about every mechanic/welder/ diy`r has at some time or another had something in their eye and had a trip to A+E. As said before the cost of safety specs is nothing to compared to the cost of your sight !! We have to wear them at all times at my workplace now, even the office staff when walking through the workshop. Look after your eyes, you only get one set !!

 

Marty Smith

[MarkBzero]

Hope it gets better soon, as above I had a A&E visit now wear safety specs and have a bottle of eye wash in the first aid kit.

[sj-bradley]

Hope you recover soon Dan. A close call that one

 

Simon.

[speedtripledan]

i still do it even when welding i no i shouldnt and have got safety glasses and do wear them when i remember

you will regret it i know i do !