Accidents We Have Known - Carpentry Construction Woodworking

[@5678blob]

Really, really good video Herrick. I'm 72 and have been fortunate to be as lucky as you. A handful of very scary mishaps, some with stitches, that could have been oh so worse. The scariest was cutting a PVC dust collection connector on the radial arm saw and it grabbed it and pieces went flying around the shop. My fingers that were holding it went completely numb. I assumed that was because they were part of what went flying around the shop. I was afraid to look. I expected to see blood everywhere. But you have to look so I did and everything was still intact. They were just numb from the shock of getting hit, and that numbness lasted at least another half hour. Nothing like that has ever happened since and never will. You learn from your mistakes and thank the powers that be for sparing you. On another note, thank goodness you were wearing glasses when you had your fiery mishap. Keep posting, man. You deserve many more followers than you have.

[@MateoAsprey]

Good to know even though im only a teen the idea of woodworking seems nice, food to know how to stay safe.

[@herrickkimball]

I think you may be the only teenager watching my videos. My stats tell me that most of my viewers are men over 60. Welcome and thanks for the comment. 👍

[@RoyatAvalonFarms]

I've definitely had my share of safety accidents over the years. Or rather negligence. I have learned from them all and like you, became hyper vigilant at avoiding them after that. And I whole heartily endorse your method of learning from others mistakes. I would absolutely rather pay attention to learning from others than to suffer through making that mistake myself. I have learned a lot from the stupidity of others.

[@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f]

LOL. Loved wood work shop in late 60s/early 70s. Never once had an instructor with all his fingers (index led missing list). Caught my attention and gave me me confidence in experience. Sill have all fingers.

[@AtlasAtPeace]

First time cutting drywall with a utility knife, it was leaned up against the truck bumper and I was cutting along the horizontal chalk line and I followed through when I got to the end and cut through my pant leg into my inner thigh. Not deep, but hopefully someone reads this and avoids it.

[@cmpeoplesarch]

Spud gun injuries... the threads failed on the cap when I was a kid. The potato remained in place, the cap flew back into my thigh, and I had a square bruise on my leg for 3 weeks or so. Had a few utility knife cuts, too. Thank God, nothing more serious.

[@dorothyfu7540]

Oh this is so terribly embarrassing... Back in the 80's I was building (putting together) a mini computer from the chassis up. We started wiring the motor, then the boards, etc. For some strange reason, (probably my pre-frontal cortex was malfunctioning that day), I picked up a motor with the wires loosely tangled, and decided to plug the cord to the wall... I cannot remember why I wanted to or needed to do that. But I immediately got an extra jump to my heart when it sort of 'exploded' with a bang. I didn't get hurt. Just crazy. I was relieved nobody was around to see how embarrassed I was.

[@janderson8401]

1985: disassembling a barn, stepped on a nail sticking out of a 1x8 1/2 hour before quitting time. Left early to go get a tetanus shot. Also 1985: near miss, I had unhooked a chain from an oil tank my boss had just moved with his backhoe. As I walked away my boss extended the hoe to its limit, chain was still partly under the tank, without thinking he swung the boom in my direction. My friend Dave yelled duck, I did and the hook glanced off my shoulder blade. 1987: helping my brother in law re shingle the back of their house. I had safety glasses on all day had taken them off momentarily while walking behind Pete just as he mishit a nail that ricocheted into my eye. Trip to the ER where they said I should go to my home town’s ER where an eye doctor was on call that day. Result was several days of eye drops and sitting around with my eyes closed. 1994: moving a lumber delivery inside a partially gutted store. The other guy moving the lumber grabbed a piece of ceiling grid because he kept having to suck under it. A 2’ by 4’ florescent light fixture that was not installed per code swung down on its cable and hit the top of my head as I was starting to stand back up, trip to the ER and 7 stitches. I could probably go on but those are the big ones. I could probably fill a Fine Homebuilding article with cautionary stories I was told by older tradesmen that I’ve met over the years.

[@herrickkimball]

Another WOW comment. I have a couple friends that have so many similar experiences. You and them would have a great lunchtime discussion. 👍

[@craigbourne575]

Soon after I started learning woodworking, my wife had a craft project in mind and needed some stars cut that were 1/4" thick. I told her I could cut those on the table saw. At the time, I had never heard of zero clearance inserts. The board I was cutting was 3/4" thick. I was using a pushstick but I for some reason I was holding the top of the board with my fingers. When the end of the board passed the edge of the saw's insert, the blade pulled it down into the opening of the insert, the board shot out from underneath my fingers, and my fingers fell onto the spinning blade. By God's grace, I only mangled the ends of two of my fingers. I didn't lose any part of my fingers and after about a month, they had pretty much healed. I had to find the board and step back through what I did (with the saw off and unplugged) several times before I figured out what happened.

[@herrickkimball]

Wow. Yes... God'd grace! ❤️ Thanks for the comment. 👍

[@ronaldclobes9340]

Back in the day when I was traveling for work, I once took a buddy to the emergency room after he jumped off a conveyor we were working on and he hooked the inner part of his upper arm on a hook that held setup templates for some rails on the conveyor. It was in a big city and the hospital was nearby. We were sitting in the emergency room with all the drug users coming down from their highs and I finally said, "John, I'm going to go back to work. You call me after you get stitched up and I'll come get you. Also, I offered to show my oldest daughter who was struggling to see the practicality of math and how it is used in the shop. She said, "No Thanks, "Shop Math" is 10 fingers take away... Not interested!"

[@TgWags69]

Wow...too many to list, but the worst ones were Becoming the ground for a stick welder when holding a peice of metal in my bare feet on wet grass while my dad welded it to a mower deck. 6" long bead couldn't let go speak or nothing while the 800 lb gorilla sqeezed down on me! - helping a neighbor run a board through his jointer. Broken gaurd allowed my thumb to get sucked in taking the corner of my thumb off -Motor start capacitor across the chest wowsers! -100 amp cartridge fuse blowing up in my face....free trip to the quiet white room... Thought I was dead. - so many knife cuts cant remember - using spray oil on a chainsaw chain concentrating on the nozzle and not my finger. Got a nice stripe down the top of my knuckle - over strike on the edge of 1/8' metal with a sledge hammer and was gripping it under the head. Almost took my finger off and cut the nerve. -Getting blown across the room with a gas hot water heater. The wind blew out the flame but the thermocouple was still hot pumping out gas so by the time I reached back to get another match and stick it in there there was quite a build up. Lost my eyebrows with that one - Lit a brush pile with kerosene used to clean engine parts. Had been stored for awhile and had forgotten that gasoline had also been used on some stubborn parts. The gasoline fumes leaked out across the ground while I calmly stood at the pile to put a match to the kerosene. I was immediately engulfed in a fireball. Luckily i wasn't burned. That's just the tip of the iceberg on things I've learned the hard way lol. I often quip that my guardian angel is going to have some words with me in the hereafter. Many many times I should have been dead or seriously injured and came out with only minor/healable injuries. I thank the Lord for his protection. 😉👍

[@herrickkimball]

OMG. You live such an exciting life. 🤣 I'm glad you are okay! Thanks for the comment, and be careful out there. 👍

[@harrytinker2328]

Most of the times that I have injured myself I thought "this is not the best idea" just beforehand.

[@esousa486]

My only 2 injuries were from a pneumatic framing gun... was nailing 28' long I-joist into a LVL rim joist, when I hit a small knot in the 2x3 head of that joist, the 312 nail came out the side, and into my left palm of my hand ... I swore a little, pulled it out, cleaned it with some peroxide, and wrapped it up good, then taped over the bandage, and continued to work the rest of the day .... 9happened around 10 am...) . Went ti=o the urgent care clinic after work, they did an X-ray, cleaned it out again, gave me a tetnis booster, and said to take Ibuprofen for pain .... 3 days later I was good.... 2cd injury was the delta 10" tablesaw, throwing out a 2' piece of oak board that i was ripping ..... just a bruise in my gut, as It was wither time and I had many layers on me ....

[@jerebigler7520]

The company I worked for had several buildings and one of them had caught on fire. The damage was mostly to the contents but the building was still sound. The boss told myself and one other fellow to take an old steam cleaner and clean the soot from the ceilings and walls. The cleaner had a long cord on it but we needed more. We hooked up a super long extension cord and, because we were forward thinking young men, we draped the connection across a roll-around table to keep it out of the water the fire dept. had deposited on the floor. After cleaning as far as the cord would allow, The entire outfit needed to be moved. I grabbed the table to give it a yank and lit up like a WWII London searchlight. Apparently the water from the steam cleaning on the ceiling had flooded the table. As I was standing in water I made an excellent ground for the electrified water on the table. I was knocked back a few feet. I attribute that fact to keeping me on the green side of the grass. In hindsight, I don't believe our forward thinking want forward enough. Thanks for sharing.

[@seattlebeard]

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[@Mike_Greentea]

Hopefully nobody chopped off their peter! That would be a bad day 😢

[@herrickkimball]

I have a friend who actually did that to himself... by accident. He picked up a trailer hitch to move it. He was facing the trailer, holding the hitch in his hands in front of him. He started pulling the trailer while stepping backwards. He was on ice. Both feet slipped out from under him. He ended up sitting on the ground. The hitch slipped out of his hands and landed between his legs. It severed his penis, almost completely. Imagine that. 😬

[@essentialcomforts2166]

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[@pat199rick6]

Just one comment. Where's the riving knife on the saw.

[@herrickkimball]

I’m thinking you must not have watched the whole video?