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timmeh
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Grabed wrong end of soldering iron
Dropped a BIG blob of nice hot solder on my bare foot Shocked "it stuck real good"
Testing ev on floor with small sproket attached hooked up to a car charger as i couldent find charged battery and grabed hold of my sock twisitng it around cutting my foot with the sproket teeth and pulling my toe out of its joint for a split second making me let go of the ev spinning still crossing the wires from the car charger together and sparking and allmost melting before the shock went away and i pulled the power lead out of the point Laughing

Trip over variouse sharp robotic objects in my bed room EVERY morning

Sliped when im cutting stuff with the hack saw and cut right up my hand a few times."maby ill slow down next time Rolling Eyes "

And a few other things like sparks and splinters
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Big AL
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that reminds me cause of you and windhammers weapon testing doug i got nailed in the side by a bit or two of plastic (i hope).

man any one reading this would have thould you lot are clumsy.as for the soldering iron i haven't drop it (yet).

ah but time will tell.
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NEW injury to list! As I don't have a workshed as yet i've been working (and drilling) my bot IN MY ROOM! BIG mistake, as I spent the better part of last night pulling ali shavings out of my feet. (ali + barefoot + alot of pain!)
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LOL my whole house has ali shavings threw it from them getting stuck on my clothes and socks and then getting dragged into the house.

Allmost everytime i put my socks on i find them in there LOL!! Laughing
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lol i saw it a classic *NOTE george dont forget to add that to my dvd Razz*

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Vices & safety glasses.
and take a lot more care.


^this comeing from an engeneer that dosnt realise that a weopon is only as strong as its weakest point Razz jks

bah its simple you just hook up your parents vacume over the drill/drillpress and drill away that way the only thing that gets screwed over is the vacume Razz
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The weakest point of anything is in most cases, is the designer, or the Purchasing officer that changed the specs with out consulting any one.

If you knew some of the other things that were wrong.
It is surprissing that it did as well as it did. thats another story.

and on another note: - I'm not a qualified engineer, I'm a technician, qualified in Electronics.
But do a lot of engineering work. Still learning, from trying and talking to others.

(I do know it is a joke)
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Waddy the phoenix



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lol ooooohhhh best accidedent was when i was riding my bike to get bot componets (glen knows this one) well my shoe came off my foot and wedged on trhe tire and behind the forks.

in short did you ever want to see a man fly outta a moveing catapult and almost land in a car windscreen.

*phases memory back* fells great to be flying untill you come an inch away from the ground and you realise that the ground wont stop for you its even better when you get up dust your self off fall over because of shock then laugh for the next 10 min untill the addrenalyn wears out and you realise you have almost broken your wrist because of the rolling manuver you tried to pull out at the last moment and that your hip is the size of a water mellon

so kids dont forget to wear a helmet it will save your life

face limbs torso side of head or any other part of your body other than the top of your head where your hair grows is not included [/fine print]
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*cough*necromance*cough*

Was bored, so decided to add a new list of injuries:
Grabbed soldering iron (again)
Grabbed soldering iron- with a twist! (Accidentally melted plastic around the wire onto the iron when I was first learning to solder, insinctively picked it up and scraped it off with my finger...)
Gouged into hand with a hacksaw, still have the scar
Drill heated up really bad while working on Sting, happened to be wearing sandals when it slipped onto my foot...
Drove Sting into my leg, haven't been allowed to drive it with the spike on unless it was well out of reach since...
Damn flathead screwdriver gougings
Lots of tiny, tiny (and easily breakable Shocked ) splinters
Scratched my hands numerous times with the fragmented thin sink tray

*sigh* That was a long one...
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Probably standing on the end of a welding rod after I had just finished up. Melted under my big toe. Thongs do not count as shoes while welding.
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hahah heres another one a year or too ago i got some metal in my eye and had to get it sucked out with a big ass syringe, that sucked. alot.
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I'm beginning to wonder if we should be posting stuff like this, new guys will look at this and think the whole thing's a death trap Laughing !
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Well its not like any of these injuries could not have been avoided. A few simple safety things like glasses and proper shoewear Wink and a bit of common sense could have stopped pretty much everything.

But I don't think this is doing the insurance rates on events any favours so might be time to remove the thread.
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Its all fairly generic stuff that happens with most metalwork and talking about this kind of thing should help promote a good safety culture which is far more important than sweeping it under the rug.

Its not like we are talking massive OH&S requirements here, proper enclosed footwear is a must. Safety goggles/glasses are a must. Welding and grinding is to be done in booths at events. If your at home watch out for pets, they like looking at welding arcs.

Grabbing soldering irons is just stupid no amount of OH&S will help you there ;-P.
The habit to get into is if you drop something that is the slightest bit dangerous focus on getting your feet out from under it and let it fall.
This applies to soldering irons as well as kitchen knives etc.
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First ever robot-related injury:

Using the drill to take screws out of rhino yesturday, the head was warn down, and the drill jumped off the screw and onto my thumb, going through the nail and into me.

I wouldn't sugest trying it.

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http://www.magnetnerd.com/Neodymium%20Magnets/Dirks%20Accident.htm



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