Near miss

[Gragson]

Watch: Man's miraculous near-miss from runaway saw blade

Seconds after entering a shop in the US, the blade from a nearby construction site becomes lodged in the door.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Cobbler]

I’ve just seen that on the BBCsite, frightening.

 

[gaz1]

video of it

 

[JOEPRO]

Wow - not good!

I wonder how someone could have messed up that good for it to break loose and take off. It must have thread direction that locks it and was there not a shroud or guard in the way or maybe that was removed. Strange one that it could be possible in the first instance....

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Hope bought a Lottery ticket when he was in there!

 

[arther dailey]

just Wow

 

[8ob]

He never saw that coming

Bob

 

[Pete.]

That's a road saw blade 1" hole. The flange is not attached so it's either the retaining bolt has sheared or more likely just come undone. Typically it'll be a 65HP or more engine driving it. They have pins in the flange that prevent the saw from tightening the bolt too much and these often shear especially if there's a lot of hours on the machine. The LH bolt is LH threaded so it cannot un-wind itself in use but I've seen them rattle loose with no load on them. A bit of grit under the flange and it'll soon be rattling away.

Sobering seeing it travel like that and how far it's embedded in the door pillar. I know of only one fatality in the UK it was a track mounted one cutting horizontally at about waist height and the output shaft sheared. The guard didn't stop it and it killed the operator.

 

[minimutly]

Spinning things carry much energy...

 

[Munkul]

That is one instance of "yes... it is as bad as it looks"
Lots of energy there looking at that doorframe, that guy would have been cut in half!

 

[gaz1]

the other video makes it interesting

 

[slim_boy_fat]

How did it make it through those parked cars, that's accuracy for you....

 

[skotl]

the other video makes it interesting

A still from that vid puts it into perspective - given the full size human on the right you can just imagine the damage that would have done

 

[Wozzaaah]

I can't imagine the damage that would have done if it had hit him. Someone will be quaking in their workboots, for sure.

 

[Onoff]

Taking an ash tree down on my border with my neighbour. His side was an old galv water tank with a couple of inches of 22mm copper pointing up.

I was shifting a bough that had come down and managed to trap my pinky between it and the 22mm pipe stub. Lucky I had gloves on. Black both sides. Fitting a cat flap today I caught it and the nail started to lift:

 

[julianthegypsy]

Taking an ash tree down on my border with my neighbour. His side was an old galv water tank with a couple of inches of 22mm copper pointing up.

I was shifting a bough that had come down and managed to trap my pinky between it and the 22mm pipe stub. Lucky I had gloves on. Black both sides. Fitting a cat flap today I caught it and the nail started to lift:

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Ouch. Very ouch!

 

[Gragson]

Taking an ash tree down on my border with my neighbour. His side was an old galv water tank with a couple of inches of 22mm copper pointing up.

I was shifting a bough that had come down and managed to trap my pinky between it and the 22mm pipe stub. Lucky I had gloves on. Black both sides. Fitting a cat flap today I caught it and the nail started to lift:

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pretty dissimilar near miss to being cut in half

 

[Onoff]

I just accidentally liked somebody's cut finger post when I meant to put a sad face. Apologies, just back from the pub and I can't find it to change it.

 

[Onoff]

pretty dissimilar near miss to be cut in half

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