[Texas23]

Wearing glasses saved me from serious injury / blindness / trip to the ER. I was doing some work (moving logs) with the loader on my tractor and one of the hydraulic hoses blew out. The hole couldn’t have been in a worse place, right at the control valves to operate the bucket, and on the side facing me. The result was a face full of hydraulic oil under pressure. I saw the oil hitting the lenses of my glasses...
So when when appropriate for the job scope wear your steel toes, gloves, safety glasses, ear plugs, chainsaw safety chaps, hard hat, etc.

 

[Jerry D Young]

Absolutely!

Just my opinion.

 

[charliemeyer007]

+1 for preventive maintenance and inspection.

 

[Freja]

I had a whole lot of dirt blown in to my yard as part of my leveling project today.

None of the guys had any PPE. No masks, no eye gear.. If you had seen the amount of dirt that had floated 2 stories up.. those poor men are going to have horrible lung problems..

given the current climate I didn’t want to be pushy and give them masks or Bandana’s.. I didn’t want to get them upset with me.

 

[IceFire]

My husband learned the importance of a hard hat while driving fence posts a few years ago...was at the beginning of driving a taller fence post, and lost control of the driver...hit him in the top of the head, and split the skin and some of the muscle. Ended up having to drive him to the ER. For me, it's eye protection - I've ended up with mesquite splinters in my eye. No lasting damage, but some temporary issues and definitely pain!. When doing tractor work that will stir up dust it's face masks/respirators. And DEFINITELY boots!

 

[StuckInNJ]

Yup, in my younger years I was brave and never work safety glasses, ear protection, etc... Once I wised up I started wearing the appropriate PPE for the project I am working on. I can replace a pair of $3.00 safety glasses but not my eye(s). That said, one also needs to be aware of their physical and mental state before working with power tools. I recall my high school shop teacher cutting off two of his fingers with a band saw because we had not slept the night before and was not paying attention to what he was doing during the "demonstration".

 

[Texas23]

+1 for preventive maintenance and inspection.

++++++++++1 to preventative maintenance……
As it relates to my incident, the hose that failed should have been replaced years ago. Poorly maintained equipment can, does, and will cause injury.

 

[charliemeyer007]

Years ago I put a direct read oil pressure gauge in my Land Cruiser. I made a bracket to attach the gauge to the steering column. I placed a length of fuel hose over the skinny "plastic" oil linen and gauge fitting, from the gauge all the way threw the firewall. This was just incase the oil line broke off at the gauge - so I wouldn't get a face or lap full of hot oil.

 

[Good beer]

Couple weeks ago my welding instructor picked up a piece of half inch plate,right after beveling it with the cutting torch,had a hole in one finger of his glove. Laughing with him not at him.

 

[ImStillHere]

Couple weeks ago my welding instructor picked up a piece of half inch plate,right after beveling it with the cutting torch,had a hole in one finger of his glove. Laughing with him not at him.

I am surprised we survived welding shop in HS. No shenanigans by me LOL

Oxy/Acet table station layed out where 10ish people could work next to each other. Neutral flame snuffed out and then placed under the firebricks they can fly. Neutral flame balloons left around (something the size of a baseball will rattle windows). acetylene only torch left on and dropped into the coveralls of neighbor. And more its not like this happened every day, as incidents would stop shop time and revert to classroom time.

What was funny as a teenager now lets me know we/they didnt/dont make the best decisions.

Auto shop... overhead lift pneumatic car hoist... spin the bottle

catch the charged distributor condenser

 

[PeterEnergy]

Wearing glasses saved me from serious injury / blindness / trip to the ER. I was doing some work (moving logs) with the loader on my tractor and one of the hydraulic hoses blew out. The hole couldn’t have been in a worse place, right at the control valves to operate the bucket, and on the side facing me. The result was a face full of hydraulic oil under pressure. I saw the oil hitting the lenses of my glasses...
So when when appropriate for the job scope wear your steel toes, gloves, safety glasses, ear plugs, chainsaw safety chaps, hard hat, etc.

Thank you for the post. IMO, there are not nearly enough testimonials to the virtues of prudence, using PPE, seatbelts, holding onto rails using stairs, etc.

Last winter I took my 11-yo grandson out for a walk in freezing conditions. He did not want to wear snow pants, modeling his father's contempt for them. The know was up to his knee and he had to end the walk after literally 5-minutes.

A few hours later, when his 8-yo twin sisters came home from school, we all went out. This time he wore snow pants, which prevented the snow from going down his boot. We all had a great time. Now, you could say this, along with hat and gloves is not safety. It could become a safety issue. I think kids today don't know how cold cold is when you are out for a while. If all they do is go from a building to a car for 30-seconds, they have no idea how cold it is to be out there overnight.

That reminds me of a PSA on a ski pole years ago. It reminded skiers to stay on the trail and that the winter nights in the mountains is just as cold and deadly as 200 years ago. Indeed. Too many here talk macho about 'sucking it up' and 'taking it' when it is so much wiser to avoid disaster to begin with. Sometimes I feel like the only person in America who uses the glove box of my car to store (work) gloves.

 

[Good beer]

I am surprised we survived welding shop in HS. No shenanigans by me LOL

Oxy/Acet table station layed out where 10ish people could work next to each other. Neutral flame snuffed out and then placed under the firebricks they can fly. Neutral flame balloons left around (something the size of a baseball will rattle windows). acetylene only torch left on and dropped into the coveralls of neighbor. And more its not like this happened every day, as incidents would stop shop time and revert to classroom time.

What was funny as a teenager now lets me know we/they didnt/dont make the best decisions.

Auto shop... overhead lift pneumatic car hoist... spin the bottle

catch the charged distributor condenser

I love it ! Been there done some stuff!
😂

 

[irv818]

It's not just working around machinery.
A pair of safety glasses can be real important if you ever find yourself trying to walk or run thru the woods, especially at night. Lots of limbs, branches and briars out to poke you in the eye.

 

[Joeyjoe]

Because of my work (diesel fitter in the coal mines), most of my work is outside in the sun, so my daily prescription sunnies are actually safety sunnies and I just wear them all the time on and off the job. Go Bolle lol

 

[JakobGriffin]

If any hydraulic oil penetrated your skin, you may not want to celebrate just yet:

Hydraulic Injection Injury

(an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, they say)

 

[Corpus]

If any hydraulic oil penetrated your skin, you may not want to celebrate just yet:

Hydraulic Injection Injury

(an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, they say)

Good heads-up, that can do some serious damage, hopefully it didn’t penetrate but if I was the OP I’d consider a trip to the sawbones to be sure.

 

[Texas23]

If any hydraulic oil penetrated your skin, you may not want to celebrate just yet:

Hydraulic Injection Injury

(an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, they say)

No penetration of skin with the hydraulic oil. But thanks for the heads up to the danger.
When the hose leaked, it wasn’t a pinhole with a stream of high pressure fluid. But rather a split / rupture of the hose resulting in a shower of fluid. Similar to a garden hose in volume and intensity.