t-posts and gloves

[TwinWillows]

Ouch !

While I've cut my self also I try to be pretty careful on the gloves issue keeping many pairs around the farm/barn/tractor/shop/pickup/etc..

It paid off again several weeks ago when I was working on cleaning up our new to us grain drill. While disassembling one of the drill units to clean it out I didn't realize how sharp the disc scrapers were & cut almost all the way thru the leather on my glove over my LT index finger. If it hadn't been for the glove I know for certain it'd been a trip to the ER for stiches.

I hope you heal quickly.

 

[keving]

Glad to hear there's no permanent damage. I seem to have your same luck. I have cut, broke or otherwise hurt myself doing the simple tasks. I have learned to slow down or have someone else do it... Take it easy!

 

[Rara Avis]

Here's a tip good for what it's worth.. and it is a good 'reminder' about thinking about the job at hand.

I was putting up a tube fram tarp structure on this past new years eve on my farm. A friend came over early in the day to help out with chores and then we went out that night to party it up a bit.

In the process of putting sheet metal screws in with a power driver I use dmy hand to 'back-up the 2 pipe fittings i was joining.. .. should had the hand a few inches under the area where i was screwing.

Long story short.. i had to manually unscrew a self tapping sheel metal screw from the palm ( thumb meat area )... Hand swelled up like a dead raccoon on the side of the road in july by that night.. next day went to the doc.. 'Yep' he said.. that sure looks consistant with a screw thru the hand... take these antibiotics.. try not to do it again...

Was fun partying that night with an ace bandage on my hand... As a bonus, after te wound healed, about ever 2 weeks a small piece of metal would make its way to the surface to be dug out!.. did that for about 7 months... I figure i finally got all the metal out that's coming out.. havn't seen any in a month or so..

soundguy

Geez...why did you wait so long...just put your arm in an MRI machine...all the metal would have been out in a jiffy...

 

[Soundguy]

Take it easy on that hand. Hey.. at least they gave you the happy pills. My doc is reluctant to isue happy pills the last few times i got hurt on the farm.

Soundguy[/QUOTE

He probably thinks your getting hurt a little to often.

Hmm..I've only been to the doc about 8 times in the last 2 years for farm injuries

soundguy

 

[Hootie]

Wow, thanks for making me feel better. I have cuts, scars, scrapes on me constantly. I love messing with all this stuff and am constantly telling myself "DANG IT BOY BE CAREFUL". Not long ago I took the top off the 5030 cab to make some adjustments and needed a tool that was not in my pocket. First step was a doozy, I literally rolled down the three point hitch on to the bush hog. I lay there a minute waiting for the first signs of permanent disability. Felt nothing and started thinking that maybe the couple of beers were masking the pain. Got up and looked were I tumbled and could not believe I escaped with only a bruise. I have WAY too many stories and can honestly say I really think these days before taking on and performing projects. That is if I can remember what project I am doing, went to the parts house yesterday morning, the guy said may I help you, I said yeah, tell me why I came in here!

 

[KYErik]

T Post drivers (the hand operated sliding pipe type that isn't spring loaded) can be dangerous too. I was driving posts in hard soil a few years ago and realized that the further up I lifted the driver- the harder hit I could get on the post.

I lifted the driver up a little too far one time while pounding away and the back lip of the driver got caught on top of the T post. Not noticing this, I pulled the driver down hard and the driver tilted horizontally and knocked me on the top of the head. I saw stars and the button on the top of my beaseball cap made a nice gash in the top of my head. Thankfully it didn't need stitches, but it sure bled a lot.

I learned my lesson and I don't try to lift the post driver as high these days when pounding posts... Maybe I need to wear a hard hat.

 

[chuckhole]

Reading theses posts takes some of the embarrasment out of my own similar injuries. Yeah, there are plenty of sharp spots on T-Posts. I am thankful that none caused a cut so deep that I had to get stitches. I have a dozen pair of gloves and am stupid enough not to use them too.

Now, when it comes to air powered nail guns, gloves are not going to help all the time (unless maybe they are Kevlar ones). I was framing out a wall and was holding the opposite side of the top with my hand............off to the side...........out of the way............so I thought. The force of a 3" nail being driven in to a couple of 2x4's tends to make the framing nailer bounce once in a while. Well it did. It sent a nail through the 2x4 where my hand was on the back side. Luckily, it takes a couple of seconds to fill 100' of air hose so it was not quite full force. But the nail did go about 1/2" deep into the palm of my hand.

 

[Spiveyman]

So I guess we all have our embarrassing moments. Earlier this year I was unloading a bull at the slaughter house. My partner asked me before we got in his truck to head down there if I had my gloves. I'd forgotten them in my truck and said, "Naw... I'm not going to need them." The last several animals marched in on queue, but this guy put up a fight. (These are Texas Longhorns and their horns at way wider than the chute gate at the slaughter house.) I had a hold of his tail trying to persuade him, he stepped back and raked my hand across a piece of sheet metal that was covered in mud and manure. Nearly sliced my thumb off. The best part was the doc cleaning the crap out of that cut!

I NEVER go ANYWHERE without my gloves now. I got a pair of deer skin as they seem to be really tough.

Eye protection ain't a bad idea either. The guy helping me on my farm was fencing and cut a piece of wire. The end of it snapped back and went right into the side of his eye. Talk about miserable. I was happier with my stiches than what he went through. Almost lost his eye. I picked up a pair of safety glasses at TSC that look like sunglasses. I pretty much always have them or a clear pair on as well. Not taking any more chances than I have to.

 

[bigballer]

i don't feel so bad anymore.. good to read i am not the only one out there that's had "accidents". the doc that stitched me up said he see's more head injuries from the t-post drivers than he does from the posts themselves.. anyway november is open enrollment month for bene's at work so i just bumped my ad&d insurance to the max ($950k) it only costs me $15/month and figured living on a farm increases that "dismemberment" risk by an order of magnitude so it's worth it.. of course i hope to never have to use it but if something happens i'm covered.

btw, the stitches were removed but at the deep end the skin didn't really fuse back together all that well so i have this small channel that looks really bad. time will tell how it will turn out but i do know i'll have a pretty apparent scar but i can live with that..

 

[Soundguy]

Glad you are mending.. look at it this way.. you have an early start on a halloween costume for next year!

soundguy