Safety First!

Hey Y'all,

Over the weekend I was working on my MOW cars, in specifically, I was preparing the windows for painting. I decided to alter some of the mullions on the window frame to add a little spice. While cutting one of the mullions, the plastic piece under pressure from the X-acto knife shot up and entered my left eye. The piece of plastic immediately worked its way behind my eyeball.

For several days I have been in modest discomfort. Finally, yesterday, when I awoke from a nap, I felt something jab the inside corner of my eye, so I gently moved my hand up, to find that my eye pushed the piece of plastic out. I grabbed it. It was a piece 1/8" long.

My eye is okay now, but a little soar since the plastic was rubbing against the white part. Lesson: Wear safety glasses.

I never thought I would need to use them doing this hobby. This is the first this has ever happened to me, but it will be the last. It only takes once to lose an eye, and I came out okay on this time. There won't be a next.

Just passing along this story, so y'all don't have what happened to me, happen to you.

Manny

Here is the piece that went into my eye:

 

... and this incident will surely sharpen it!

I am glad to hear of the good outcome of this.
Thanks, Manny, for the lesson that anything can happen, any time so thinking "Safety First" is a good habit.

George Nelson

 

Reminds me of the old corporate safety film from circa 1940 ..."FRISCO FIRST VIA SAFETY FIRST" Anybody else ever seen it?

RBob

 

You are an extremely luck man indeed. First - it didn't embed itself and second - it was plastic. The Bosslady was an OR nurse for over 40 years and the last 12 at an eye clinic; can't tell you how many eyes had to be removed due to itty bitty slivers of metal getting embedded and killing the eye.

Safety glasses are inexpensive and if kept clean, will last a very long time.

I retired as a Certified Safety Professional and for many years I had a Frisco Safety Team note holder on my work desk. (no I didn't work on the Frisco, but bought it at a swap meet)

 

I've had a similar close encounter to loosing an eye. I was soldering away on the bus line of my layout, adding feeders, and got to the point were my back was starting to hurt from setting with out a back rest so I laid down on my back and kept working (my layout sets fairly low).) Well one of the wires got a little too much solder and decided to drip down. I found out that solder can still be hot when it hits your eye lid. Guess who doesn't lie on their back to solder on the layout any more.

I may now start wearing safety glasses too while I'm working on stuff.

Ethan

 

The movie I mentioned....when I was President of the Arizona Chapter NRHS many years ago, we somehow found it and showed it at a monthly meeting...TWICE. ....maybe through Blackhawk (remember them?). It's pretty "industrial" and full of the usual propoganda BUT what IS worth seeing is the shot of the passing Firefly, streamlined pacific and all. NICE NICE NICE. I'm going to dig around and see if any of my old Arizona cronies remember where we got it.

Buck

 

Thanks Y'all. Like I said, lesson learned. Safety glasses are now in use. I was indeed blessed not to lose an eye! Please everyone, learn from my mishap.