Bizarre Workshop accidents pt I and II

[chunkolini]

Bizarre accidents ptI
A few days back I put down a 4m long plank on my work bench. I registered in my peripheral vision a marker pen near the end of the plank.
The plank touched the pen and flipped it up, really slowly like the pen in the zero gravity scene in 2001 a space odyssey . It floated across the workbench in Slow Mo, flip flip flip etc then smacked me straight in the eye.
I saw it coming and watched it for ages then SMACK right in the eye.
How does the small projectile always home in on the soft fleshy body?

Bizarre Workshop accidents PtII
Today I picked up a tub of nuts and bolts. It was full of green oil, from where?
On the shelf a foot above it is a can of spray on chain lube.
On the shelf above that is a whole load of timber.
It appears that last time I shifted the timber it must have just touched the end of the button on the can.
There is no oil on the wood or shelf, how did the oil get into the tub without going all over the place?
The workshop gremlins are busy again.

 

[cumbriasteve]

Maybe you can't see the oil on the shelf cos of the marker sticking in your eye

 

[Shox Dr]

I put a cover over a manhole to a rain water harvesting tank today so no one would fall in. about an hour later I picked up the cover and fell/walked straight into the tank. Took the skin of my **** cheek, and jarred my back. Thankfully it was only 5' deep.

 

[mike os]

I put a cover over a manhole to a rain water harvesting tank today so no one would fall in. about an hour later I picked up the cover and fell/walked straight into the tank. Took the skin of my **** cheek, and jarred my back. Thankfully it was only 5' deep.

ffs.. pmsl .... sorry shox but that is just too funny

 

[Shox Dr]

ey, had to laugh myself

 

[feen]

Wasn't the workshop but I was cutting out some flooring at work for a party wall to split the building. Marked the floor (inch n 8th), goggles on, ear muffs, dust mask etc and cut the flooring. Great, no worries. Stood up and walked onto the flooring I had just cut.

Woke up 10 feet below with three of my work mates around me deliberating whether or not to move me or phone an ambulance!

Sore head, night in hospital and a few suspected broken ribs. Nothing compared to the bruise on my ego :-)

 

[Hitch]

I made a raised walkway thing ages ago, it had a counterbalanced folding section on the side.
Whist making it, I tested it out, the temporary brace moved, and it tipped over and folded up with me in the middle, like a venus fly trap
Every time I pushed it apart to get out, the bit i was stood on went up, so i couldn't then reach to push it apart any further to get out.
Huge amounts of laughter didn't help me get out, nor did any workmates until they stopped laughing too!

 

[Robotstar5]

I stepped over a cable trench going into a substation but forgot it was there coming out one foot went down it, result was a cracked pelvis

 

[the snooper]

I put a cover over a manhole to a rain water harvesting tank today so no one would fall in. about an hour later I picked up the cover and fell/walked straight into the tank. Took the skin of my **** cheek, and jarred my back. Thankfully it was only 5' deep.

frank spencer

 

[Shox Dr]

frank spencer

As a kid I used to hate the guy, until I found he did all his own stunts. I've followed his lead ever since

 

[hotrodder]

I can see this one running and running.

I nearly blinded a mate last week [/artistic licence]. I was just supposed to be welding some bits of tube he'd fitted up except he was struggling with the fitting so brought it over half done. It was 16swg ally so i grab a pair of tinsnips and start cutting. I'd turned away to direct the cuttings and managed to ricochet one off the edge of the table straight into his face

 

[tab]

Might as well add my latest to it

Made some squat racks last week and decided to take some photos of them, didnt think i would need to bolt them together....BIG MISTAKE! I had them fully extended to around 5ft knelt down to adjust the brace bar so it all fitted in the picture, next thing i got cracked round the head when it fell over!

Didnt knock me out but i was certainly cursing alot, was left with a nice lump the exact width of the bar on the back of my head, it went for a flying lesson after that

 

[tigler]

While back, we were on a job in our warehouse which had fallen behind schedule, so those involved, including me, were running around like headless pullets !! Something was needed which was across the other side of the shop so I just went full pelt to grab it. Problem was, the forklift was parked in my path, with forks at head height, I just didn't register it for some reason and smacked my forehead into a side on fork ! I went down like a dropped sack of spuds, out cold !!
Came around, 10 mins later apparently, to utter mayhem ! Someone had called for an Ambulance due to me being out cold with blood pouring from my head, everyone and their brother had somehow turned up !
Paramedics insisted I was taken to hospital for a good check up and head X-Ray, I said no need, I can tell you now there's nothing in it to see !!
Anyway, all was good apart from mild concussion and a slight split on my forehead, I was advised to rest for at least a week. After 2 days I tried to go back but by lunch I was feeling quite strange so decided they knew better than me and took a week off.

Actually, thinking about it, my head has been subjected to quite a few nasty thumps over the years, good job it's empty !

 

[Robotstar5]

Ouch!, since then you've always parked FLT's correctly with the forks grounded?

 

[tigler]

You bet !! Actually, due to the fact it was an ambulance call out to an industrial accident it was automatically reported to the HSE !! Of course they rocked up like they were on a mission, all clip boards, HiViz and PPE !!
We were in a bit of bother because no one actually had a fork lift operators licence !
They instructed us to get someone trained or stop using the forklift. I huffed and said "I'm the boss, I'll drive it and take full responsibility", to which they replied, "in that case we'll prosecute you and the company for negligence" !! So myself and another guy went on a training course !

 

[Shox Dr]

Tigler, Been there got the badge. I walked around a corner straight forks at head height, unfortunately for the guy that left the forks like that I didn't knock myself out. He however did wake up on the floor

 

[ronan]

A head banger i was working with in the place where i served my time ,managed to get his boilersuit caught in the disc of a 4 1/2" angle grinder, it caught him in the chest and the suit got wrapped around the disc , the arms and legs of the boiler suit went right up and it looked like he was wearing a pair made for a child, he wound up hunched right over like a little old man , he couldn't get his hand off the switch to stop the thing.

 

[madkayaker]

Feeling like a right Burke last week. Drilling hole in a securing pin no bother apart from the clip wound go in as hole is to small so change drill bit and make hole bigger. Half way through it grabs and sounds it around whacking the side of my hand hard. 50mm gash down side of hand quick trip up to my mums for some A&E and it's much better but painfully for a couple of days especially when banged looking much better after nearly 2 weeks

 

[Vdub lover]

A few weeks ago I was cutting a pipe off a wall when the disc broke on the grinder, it shot out of the guard hit the wall and then came back at me and hit my hand.

 

[rtbcomp]

Can we keep the blood and gore down a bit please !!