doubleboost
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This is the healing process in 7 days ,
Clever thing the human body , self reparing
Clever thing the human body , self reparing
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Pigeon_Droppings2
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Burns are my least favourite injury...just annoying.
I find liquid skin is very useful stuff...seems to speed up healing but also keeps dirt out so can usually keep on working.
I find liquid skin is very useful stuff...seems to speed up healing but also keeps dirt out so can usually keep on working.
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We had a new HS&E manager at work 2 years or so ago. StJohns Ambo volunteer.
Did a toolbox talk on burns with the workshop...made himself a laughing stock standing in front of 15 welders, opening line was
'So, have any of you had a burn before?'
Did a toolbox talk on burns with the workshop...made himself a laughing stock standing in front of 15 welders, opening line was
'So, have any of you had a burn before?'
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We had a new HS&E manager at work 2 years or so ago. StJohns Ambo volunteer.
Did a toolbox talk on burns with the workshop...made himself a laughing stock standing in front of 15 welders, opening line was
'So, have any of you had a burn before?'
"Would you like to see my scars, in places you couldn't imagine?".
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You jest, one lad a a little run off plate fall off into his lap ages ago
ajlelectronics
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You jest, one lad a a little run off plate fall off into his lap ages ago
Nope, I HAVE those scars!
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Living in the Philippines, I once dropped a chunk of red hot stick welding slag through the hole in my Croc, where it welded itself between two toes. Pain? I’d never felt anything like it. It was agony, for days, every time my toes moved it tore the burn open again.
I’d couldn’t even begin to imagine what agony serious large burns cause, and it took weeks to finally heal before the suffering subsided.
I’d couldn’t even begin to imagine what agony serious large burns cause, and it took weeks to finally heal before the suffering subsided.
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I bet that made your eyes water mate! @doubleboost
Glad you on the mend
Remember your not 18 and invincible anymore.
Glad you on the mend
Remember your not 18 and invincible anymore.
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I try to remember to keep my gloves on when I put the torch or rod down. Been caught out a few times thoughIs it just me or do others do this, pick up things they have just welded? Managed to do it twice or thrice the last time I was welding
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When I worked in the welding shop for a while I got into the habit of ‘double taping’ anything I was going to pick up. The idea being that it takes a second to realise something is too hot to touch, so by quickly touching it, letting it go, then picking it up properly your brain realises it’s hot and you hopefully don’t take a firm grip on it.Is it just me or do others do this, pick up things they have just welded? Managed to do it twice or thrice the last time I was welding
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I’m sporting a nice one inside my ear currently, blue bit of swarf fired off the mill and into my ear
Favourite one was welding a 10mm pad onto something, taking my gloves and hood off and stepping back to find one of the lads in the workshop had shuffled my set closer behind me so he could get past. Tripped and grabbed the nearest thing to catch myself…….. most of my palm was a blister for a while
Favourite one was welding a 10mm pad onto something, taking my gloves and hood off and stepping back to find one of the lads in the workshop had shuffled my set closer behind me so he could get past. Tripped and grabbed the nearest thing to catch myself…….. most of my palm was a blister for a while
Sounds like a good trainer . . . you still remember it 2 yrs later. I can't remember most of our H&S "training" the moment I get up to walk out . . .We had a new HS&E manager at work 2 years or so ago. StJohns Ambo volunteer.
Did a toolbox talk on burns with the workshop...made himself a laughing stock standing in front of 15 welders, opening line was
'So, have any of you had a burn before?'
Next time try some aloe leaf or the harvested leaf gel, Holland & Barrett used to sell that. Coat the burn with it when you are not working. I burned my forearm badly reaching over an expansion chamber that was almost glowing. Blister was huge and inevitably popped later, it stung like hell. A neighbour gave me some aloe leaves and I slit them lengthways and made a sort of poultice to cover the burn. It felt cool for a while but the reason to use it is age old and studies have shown some efficacy in hastening the healing process.
Its cheap, hygenic and easily available from Asian or African grocers so worth a shot. I wont say I swear by it but I believe it helped me. You know there will be a next time, there always is.
Its cheap, hygenic and easily available from Asian or African grocers so worth a shot. I wont say I swear by it but I believe it helped me. You know there will be a next time, there always is.
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looks like your a good healer though !
