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Plastic
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2004
- Location
- Reno, Nevada, USA
Having spent many years working with and around machinery all of us have seen or been the victim of accidents or near misses.
One that I would like to share involved lathe operation. I was running a lathe doing something routine while BS-ing with Bill, one of the fellow workers who was standing near the tailstock of the lathe. I was busy looking at what I was doing facing the chucked work as we were chatting. All of a sudden I heard a moan from Bill and found he had his jacket wrap up in the lead screw. His face was pulled down to the bed of the lathe before the shear pin finally broke. I consider this a near miss as he was not hurt, and the only damage was to his jacket asnd his ego. We both learned a valuable lesson; almost the hard way. Not sure what would have happened if the lathe had been bigger and heavier duty, but it wouldn't have been pretty.
Over the years at "safety tailgate meetings" we were encouraged to share stories such as this to help prevent others from making the same mistakes.
Anyone have other stories that could help the rest of us enjoy our hobby safely?
One that I would like to share involved lathe operation. I was running a lathe doing something routine while BS-ing with Bill, one of the fellow workers who was standing near the tailstock of the lathe. I was busy looking at what I was doing facing the chucked work as we were chatting. All of a sudden I heard a moan from Bill and found he had his jacket wrap up in the lead screw. His face was pulled down to the bed of the lathe before the shear pin finally broke. I consider this a near miss as he was not hurt, and the only damage was to his jacket asnd his ego. We both learned a valuable lesson; almost the hard way. Not sure what would have happened if the lathe had been bigger and heavier duty, but it wouldn't have been pretty.
Over the years at "safety tailgate meetings" we were encouraged to share stories such as this to help prevent others from making the same mistakes.
Anyone have other stories that could help the rest of us enjoy our hobby safely?