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beast5680:
Using a 3/4" Air gun to do up some teeth on a large recycler i trapped the base of my index finger between the tooth and the machine as i did the nut up to 400lb ft, then... i had to one handed reverse the gun and back the nut off :shock: to release my hand, i still have the scar where it tore the skin out :roll:

colleague of mine was using a large 3/4" break back torque wrench to tighten up a wheel on a tractor, if you dont know when you set the torque on one of these they 'break' in the middle when the right tightness is reached as you do up the bolt or wheel nut, when the torque wrench resets it springs back fairly hard to the straight position any way on this day the guy was doing the wheel he had slippery hands and as the wrench 'broke' it slipped off his hand and snapped back... connecting quite hard with the soft dangly objects he keeps in his trousers :shock:  needless to say he spent about 4 hours curled up in a ball refusing all treatment  :lol:

Xtremeteam:

--- Quote from: "beast5680" ---Using a 3/4" Air gun to do up some teeth on a large recycler i trapped the base of my index finger between the tooth and the machine as i did the nut up to 400lb ft, then... i had to one handed reverse the gun and back the nut off :shock: to release my hand, i still have the scar where it tore the skin out :roll:

colleague of mine was using a large 3/4" break back torque wrench to tighten up a wheel on a tractor, if you dont know when you set the torque on one of these they 'break' in the middle when the right tightness is reached as you do up the bolt or wheel nut, when the torque wrench resets it springs back fairly hard to the straight position any way on this day the guy was doing the wheel he had slippery hands and as the wrench 'broke' it slipped off his hand and snapped back... connecting quite hard with the soft dangly objects he keeps in his trousers :shock:  needless to say he spent about 4 hours curled up in a ball refusing all treatment  :lol:
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 :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

wonder how many of the male MC members all crossed there legs reading that

thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: "muddyjlx" ---drilled through both wrists.
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At the same time?  :?

I'm counting getting my finger caught in the pop riveter as pretty lucky after reading all the other stories here.  Dropping spanner on head is par for the course when working under vehicle, and I *always* cut my hands at some point and bleed everywhere.  If police ever need a DNA sample off me they will find plenty all over the Discovery and any DIY project I've ever done.

Penguinius:
I once got the brake pack assembly of an Airbus A318 dropped on my foot, These things weigh a hell of a lot, but the Polymer/Kevlar Toe cap didn't even bend. the thing didn't even scuff the leather. The top of my foot was very deep purple.
I was tinkering with the top radiator hose on a Landy a while ago when the wet screw driver sliped and hit me in the eye, I couldn't see out of it for about 5 minutes. It was blood shot for weeks.

Minotaur:
A few I have seen over the years:

Fella working under an MG Midget race car no axle stands and the jack slipped - crushed his skull, chest and pelvis!, this guy survived by pure luck but took the best part of 2 years to recover properly.

Whilst in Africa saw several Panga injuries, including an attack by Mugabe's henchmen that left several people minus arms and/or legs.

Chap changing a tyre on a set of split rims, over airred the tyre, the split rim blew off taking a large piece of scalp and a 2" sq piece of skull!

Friend driving through Lower Zambezi National Park in a series III stopped to let a herd of elephant pass, once clear set on his way for a baby ele to run in front of him and his colleague, they stopped just in time and sighed loudly. Whereupon the mother charged them, she stomped on the bonnet and put both tusks thru the bulkhead - they escaped by baling out the back - I helped recover this vehicle several days later and was shocked by the damage caused - including a squash engine and thoroughly bent chassis.

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