Burnt Hand

[roblane65]

He should be by now the amount of self inflicted he's done

 

[doubleboost]

looks like your a good healer though !

Plenty of practice

 

[Erie Fred]

Burnt hand.....looks more like a foot to me....

 

[Barking Mat]

Are you disinfecting that daily and keeping the wound covered in a dressing ?

Ex nurse asking.

 

[Woody.v8]

I can hear it now...."Bastad!"

 

[AVI_8]

I opened my log burner door handle once without a glove on.
Funny how there is a split second delay before you feel the pain though.
Strangely enough I’ve never done it since.

 

[pedrobedro]

I got a load of arcair slag in my boot when I worked in a foundry fettling castings. I used to keep a bucket of water there just so I could dunk the lot straight in but it had already melted my sock and boot and burnt into the top of my foot. It took three months to heal and was raw all the time.

 

[Morrisman]

I opened my log burner door handle once without a glove on.
Funny how there is a split second delay before you feel the pain though.
Strangely enough I’ve never done it since.

Hence my double dab technique I mentioned earlier.

 

[doubleboost]

Are you disinfecting that daily and keeping the wound covered in a dressing ?

Ex nurse asking.

Inadine gauze proper dressing clean and dry, new dressing every night as pictures were taken .

 

[AVI_8]

Inadine gauze proper dressing clean and dry, new dressing every night as pictures were taken .

Pleased you’re healing, but how did it happen?

 

[addjunkie]

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.

I was taught to touch with the back of your hand, as when pain hits theres a tendency to grip tighter, also if you burn the back of your hand, it doesn't stop you working or removing yourself from the risk.

 

[doubleboost]

Pleased you’re healing, but how did it happen?

I was setting up a machine for a friend .
I had a stainless coupon on the bench .
No gloves on I fired up on the stainless .
It had the plastic film on the back side .
The part earthed at the end under my wrist .
160 amps bang my skin went black .
Just unlucky but bad practice with no gloves .

 

[nickk]

As is often the case,my introduction to arc welding was a replacement LR crossmember plus chassis extension,which I made and gas welded on the bench. When it came to fitting,I was sat in the wheel arch with slag dropping into my pelvic,burnt through numerous layers including pants that resulted in three lozenge shape burns in the crease. The nurse would do a home visit twice weekly to change the dressing.