Never try to…….

[Robert Lambie]

:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Andy Gorman]

I always jump right out of the way when I drop a scalpel. When I played darts I watched a bloke try to catch a dart that bounced off the board…it went right through his hand. Ouch!

[Marekdlux]

never try to catch anything when it is falling, unless of course it can’t hurt you. My Dad is an engineer. When he was much younger a gear fell off something he was working on, he tried to catch it. He caught it, but being as it weighed over 600lbs it caught the floor as well. 😮
I always close any blades when I am done using them. It’s a good habit to keep. You never know when a blade will be sitting under something when you go to pick it up. Also have a blade disposal container or wrap used blades in a big scrap piece of vinyl. You never know when you will be reaching into a trash bin for something.
We have metal tins with a lid with a slit in it. We dispose of all blades in this, when it is full we toss it away and get a new one.
-Marek

[Iain Gordon]

There i was trying to get a jump start on tomorrow when all of a sudden the scalpel jumped out of my hands. Without thinking i tried to grab it, but as i reached for it the handle hit the cutting table and i stabbed myself in the heel of my hand. Not too much damage but it is now bruising and i am allergic to pain.

Once again #1 safety rule

“Never put your fingers where you wouldn’t put your c**k”

Iain

[Carrie Brown]

quote fredthelad:

Once again #1 safety rule

“Never put your fingers where you wouldn’t put your c**k”

Iain

:lol1: :lol1:

:noeveil: so whats the female version of this?? 😮

I have tried to catch a scalpel .. cut myself … I have also tried to catch a hot iron … Im a moomin at times .. only tried to do each of them once though 😉 :lol1: Why I feel the need to share these moments of complete moominism I dont know 😕 :lol1: Oh well!!!

[Bill Dewison]

Unless its a cigarette, I don’t try catching anything, although I’ve caught the odd cold, but thats not been through choice! :lol1:

Blimey Iain, you’re going to have to be more careful or you’ll end up like our resident one man disaster zone who drills through his fingers when he gets bored! 😉 :lol1: You’re hands are your most important tool, take care of them and they’ll take care of you! 😀

Cheers, Dewi

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Hey Sign Chicks!
Ever pinched your boob whilst cutting with scissors?
OUCH!
Love….Jill

[Jayne Marsh]

Jill,
I wish I could say that I had! Im never in danger of that, having been last in the queue when they were handed out :lol1:
I can’t catch so never try, the best Ive done is hit my head most days on a low level beam in my studio, I still havent learnt to duck properly 😀

[Michael Lafferty]

I used to work in the cutting room of a clothing factory, with Eastman cutters and band-knifes. These have razor sharp blades moving at high speed, as you can imagine lots of fingers dangling off and missing tips.

We used to say you were never a qualified cutter until you cut yourself.

The worst I did was stick a large pin through a vein in my wrist, blood everywhere. The first aid girl appeared and then quickly ran away(she didn’t like the sight of blood 😮 ) I patched myself up and was told to drive myself to hospital by my supervisor.
They certainly knew how to look after their workers 🙄

quote Jillbeans:

Hey Sign Chicks!
Ever pinched your boob whilst cutting with scissors?
OUCH!
Love….Jill

Jill you should have seen the scissors we used, large chrome plated ones.
you could some damage with these. When the factory closed I kept mine, as well as one or two other things 😉

Michael

[Mrliquid]

quote fredthelad:

There i was trying to get a jump start on tomorrow when all of a sudden the scalpel jumped out of my hands. Without thinking i tried to grab it, but as i reached for it the handle hit the cutting table and i stabbed myself in the heel of my hand. Not too much damage but it is now bruising and i am allergic to pain.

Once again #1 safety rule

“Never put your fingers where you wouldn’t put your c**k”

Iain

Iain I Hhope for your sake you always use a knife and fork when eating 😕
Jill how on earth do you get scissors near your boob? :shutup:

I was working with a scalpel a few years agao (good looking scalpel) when the tip snapped off and went into my middle finger and straight through my main tendon. After micro-surgery and 12 months of physio I tend to stay away fron scalpels.

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Jem, I hit my head a lot too!
Maybe that’s what’s the matter with me.
I didn’t mean the pointy part of the scissors, but the handle.
Pinches boobs harder than a drunk old man.
I guess I lean forward too much when I cut stuff.
I have also gotten an X-Acto knife stuck in my thigh.
Love….Jill

[Shane Drew]

quote Jillbeans:

Hey Sign Chicks!
Ever pinched your boob whilst cutting with scissors?
OUCH!
Love….Jill

Now that paints a picture Jill 😮

I am like Marek. Always close my blades when not in use. Especially since I forgot to one day and stabbed myself in the armpit as I was trying to find my shirt pocket.

Got no sympathy from the wife either.

Had a young woman work with me a few years ago. We were having a real good discussion and she was trimming some plastic with a new blade and steel ruler as we talked. Her finger was over the edge of the ruler and she sliced it as clean as you like. Only person I know that has a pencil point on her index finger.

I treat knives with a lot of respect since then.

Shane

[Marekdlux]

Safety rulers are good to have as well. We have two at work, one short one long. They have a big lip on them that your hand rests behind so even if you slip your blade it won’t cut off any digits. I think Robert has a demo on here on how to make your own homemade one.
-Marek

[Jayne Marsh]

Shane,
Im sorry about your armpit but I couldnt stop laughing :lol1:

[Ramj]

If I drop something that can break I tend to try and kick it to soften it’s impact in the ground I’ve done it with lots of cups of tea/coffee, I have ALMOST attempted to kick a scalpel, but realised just in time.

I’ve done the cutting the tip of my finger with a scalpel/ruler, and my finger is definately pointier, but seeing as my mum’s a nurse (and tells me everytime I’m ill to just get over it) I near enough went straight back to work (after the horrible 4 hr wait in hospital to get it bandaged, damn NHS).

I’ve also stabbed myself in the wrist accidentally with a scalpel, have a nice scar there now. That was a day when I had a particularly annoying work experience… come to think of it it might not have been by accident…

[Nicola McIntosh]

quote Carrie:

so whats the female version of this?? 😮

that’s what i was going to ask carrie… 😛 only thing i have to watch is when i’m peeling lettering off a van, i tend to keep the blade open and when the vinyl tears quick…. i keep saying…now that was close to a knife in the eye!! 😮 done it loads of times but still never learn to remember!! 😳

nice one jill….but i’m with jem on this one big boobs was never a big topic with me either 😀 (but at least we can run jem without any pain or black eyes) eh!! marcella 😉

Nik

[Marekdlux]

Ladies, never put your fingers were you wouldn’t put your boyfriend/husbands c**k.
-Marek

[Phill Fenton]

I’ve got a habit of holding a scalpel between my lips after cutting through door shuts when working on vehicles (I do this to free up both hands again). I once put the scalpel into my mouth blade first without thinking. I was lucky I didn’t cut myself – but the thought of it still makes me cringe.

[Shane Drew]

quote JEM:

Shane,
Im sorry about your armpit but I couldnt stop laughing :lol1:

EVERYONE has a good laugh about that, JEM 😥

Ever tried to make a bandaid stick to your armpit? Then taking it off – THAT really brings tears to the eyes I can tell you. 😥 😥

Gives a whole new meaning to a ‘hair raising experience’ 😮

Shane

[Peter Normington]

I’m always stabbing myself, just clumbsy most of the time, or thinking about something else when holding a blade. I often stick things in my gob,
(people regularly suggest that I do 😀 ) scalpels razor blade etc.
But the worst time with a blade that I had, was when lynn was holding the straight edge and I did a cut. Near the end of the stoke, I felt a rat-a-tat kind of resistance: first thought was I had removed several of lynns finger ends. My blood ran cold and I almost fainted, luckily it was only her finger nails that I had sliced!
Peter

[Simon Clayton]

yep, I’ve had a good few… nice and deep. One completely through the hand between thumb and finger, one about 20mm deep in the knee, down to the bone on index finger and worst one of all, top of my thigh while removing vinyl at British airway check-in counter in front of some very attractive women, blood pouring down my leg and unable to get my jeans off in case i fainted? 😳 not to keen on blood.. mine that is…
Don’t put your finger were you wouldn’t stick your tongue (couldn’t do without one of them, could we girls..LOL) 😉

Simon

[Jayne Marsh]

Im sorry Shane but you had me laughing again with the band aid thing, dont forget us girlies also have to deal with things like leg waxing etc so again no sympathy Im afraid :lol1:
Nick, you’re right at least we can run! I tried to at 6.30am this morning but Im still rubbish at it, early morning running is just not for me :lol1:

[Jill Marie Welsh]

I tried to run this morning too,
but got a black eye and a fat lip.
Never again!
Love….Jill

[Jayne Marsh]

I’m only Jealous! :jump:

[Shane Drew]

quote JEM:

I’m only Jealous! :jump:

JEM, I have given up running too, although it is not the b00bs that are the problem, more like my gut!

When I run, people actually ask me to stop. They mumble something about being turned off their tea. 😳

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Don’t be jealous, Jem.
Unfortunately the rest of me is voluptuous too.
I’d love to be able to walk in corduroys without my legs rubbing together
with enough friction to cause a small fire.
That would make a mere scalpel cut seem like child’s play.
Love….Jill

[Jayne Marsh]

:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Roy Roberts]

Come on then Lady’s (?) :vomit: WHO ATE|ALL THE PIES :vomit:

[Robert Lambie]

I’m not gonna poke fun at anyone, i have had enough dodgy accidents to last me a lifetime in the last two years only… 😕 if not putting a 5mm drill in one side of finger and out the other, I’m snipping the damn top off.. :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

i always use retractable knifes and have done for A good few years now. i also insist all our staff do the same. infact i refuse to allow them fixed open blades. seen to many accidents. even my own…
i used to always use fixed surgical scalpels… when applying vinyl i would slide it in my back pocket of jeans and take out my squeegee from other back pocket… i would do this all the time. one day i did it pretty fast and as i pulled out my squeegee the back of my hand sharply thrust-ed into the scalpel in my opposite pocket. i felt the worst sort of snapping feeling ever, as if i had cut thru something.. i had.. a tendant or something… to this day i have no feeling in my middle knuckle… 😕

oh im falling to peices so i am… :drama:

[Jayne Marsh]

Im a Laydee……….and Laydees don’t eat pies, (Little Britain for all the people who aint seen it)
so it must be the guys who ate the pies

[A Misselbrook]

stop a grinder with your groin!……..seriously someone I worked with years ago was working on the edge of a bench grinding and it bounced onto his groin………….ow! the material of his jeans stopped it just in time!!! An apprentice spilt white spirit on his trousers on the groin region once and he asked us how to dry it off, we said for a joke, use a match!!….he did….oops! 👿 They were both ok though so we can laugh about it now!….well I can anyway!