Latakia
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Sorry for the dumb question but what happens with contact with hydraulic fluid re: health. what happens? can someone explain more please.
3-Point Hitch Fluid shooting from under seat
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Clint S
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Called a high pressure injection injury. High pressure hydro fluid can enter the skin and cut like a knife. Ever see a water jet cut steel...........
After injection the fluid can be dispersed in the surrounding tissue causing tissue damage and a variety of other not good things.
After injection the fluid can be dispersed in the surrounding tissue causing tissue damage and a variety of other not good things.
Latakia
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Huh! thanks.
texasjohn
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Basically the stuff (hydraulic fluid) eats tissue. Even a pin prick of it can kill you if left untreated. Many years ago I worked with a guy using a large wood splitter more like a wood processor. He felt a "sting" as he put his hand near some wetness he observed on the processor. He thought nothing of it and put his glove back on. The leak seemed invisible. It was "invisible" because it was as thin as a human hair. That evening , his hand hurt so bad he went to a hospital emergency room . This was twelve hrs after the initial contact. A finger had to be amputated that night to save the rest of his hand and they thought they had to take the hand the next day. He didn't let them and eventually after a long while, the rest of his hand was ok. Necrosis comes on lightning fast with a hydraulic injection injury. This was literally a "pin prick" of an injury that went right through his glove. He first thought he got pricked by a metal shard inside his glove. Very nasty stuff.
Texan4Life
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good question... you said come into contact with hyd. fluid.... not sure how ppl jumped to pressure injection.... Skin contact happens all the time with hydraulic fluids. Its not serious unless you have some sort of violent allergic reaction (rare). Most common is just some mild irritation (if anything at all) simply wash with soapy water/hand cleaner.
I have even gotten hydraulic fluid in open scratches/abrasions many times. I wash with hand cleaner like normal, no problems.
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The op complained of a hydraulic leak which can be slow or under pressure. Without anyone knowing, it was a prudent post that first mentioned injection injury just in case. My co-worker or myself had no clue as to the veracity of an injection hydraulic injury. It would have saved his amputation if we were aware of it..
seal oil
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I had no clue also about what a hydraulic injury was . I have a 3316 but have yet to use the 3 point hitch so I don't know what to expect . Did he get it fixed or find out what was causing the leak ?