Wounds... Let's see um! (WARNING... GRAPHIC PHOTOS OF ACTUAL WOUNDS)

Nothing recent, except, boo boos n bruises, scars, arms, legs, hands.
One thing comes to mind is when I got my ceramic kitchen knives cut my thumb to the bone.
Watch out for the jointer knives they are very sharp

 

Man.. I have had close calls, but not that!
Makes my hand hurt just seein' that!

 

Yeah , you get popped in the head, it will bleed a LOT

 

thanks Scotty Overkill

 

Good deal, warning in title

 

Make sure it, superglue, says non - toxic! some off brands from China are real bad for you!

I once was told "most people are accidents looking for a place to happen, you are the place they happen" Hence why family rules on cutting alone and PPE....

Keep safe.. good reminder thread!

 

Yea and it's the little stuff we might overlook...

My optometrist said he could see the rust stains in my eyes where metal shavings went in and rusted and worked back out. IE: wear safety glasses when grinding anything! Even chain!!!

 

I've got the usual sharpening scars on my fingers and knuckles but thankfully no other saw injuries. I do however have a few boots like this

 

Yep I have done that one before also.

 

I won't mind at all if the picture of my finger is removed from thread. I usually act before I think (you can tell by looking at my finger) and should of put in a picture of it more healed up and not getting fixed. Sorry if I grossed anyone out too much. That being said the worst thing about he whole deal is I had a promising career as a hand model and that went right out the window. BE CAREFUL GUYS!

 

I can absolutely understand the need to moderate a thread and posts such as this. That said, having recently been the victim of a case of human stupidity (my own), I think the thread has a lot of merit.

I believe it is all too easy to forget that the items we tinker with processing and handling firewood and woodstoves will hurt / kill us the in the wink of an eye. It is just flat- out unforgiving. Let's face it, between the nasty tools used to process / move / store the firewood, and the burning of wood itself, it is a fairly <potentially> dangerous activity we are engaged in. In fact, I think the only real defense there is to causing harm, personal or to property, is extreme diligence and very careful operation of everything involved in heating with wood. So I think a thread like this, which shows regular, 'normal' folks getting hurt is a sort- of nice wake- up call to everyone that it accidents not only happen quickly and easily but that they can be devastating. I believe it is easy for all of us to listen to the horror stories third- hand and attribute them to 'idiots', 'incompetents' and so forth but really, it is some pretty experienced and able people getting "nicked" in the blink of an eye and not so easy to dismiss by saying 'that will not happen to ME'.

As a wise man once said, 'Fire: it makes a wonderful servant and a terrible master.'. I would expand that to chainsaws, splitters, hauling wood, stacking wood, etc., etc..

Brian

 

I have to ask- how did that turn out? Which finger was it and on which hand (dominant or secondary)?

Brian