Who has a Bandage on their fingers?

[unterhaus]

The mechanics gloves that seem to be everywhere nowadays are wonderful. Well worth the money. I kept cutting myself while I was changing the rod bearings on my car, and realized that 99% of the work could easily be done with gloves on. They really don't interfere much at all with the fingers.

[unterhaus]

And when it comes right down to it, who puts bandaids on cuts unless it's making a mess? I know I'm not the only one who is too stubborn to stop working, I see the machinists I work with doing that all the time.

I used to make circuit boards, and one time I drilled through the board into my thumb. I felt pretty stupid, but it didn't bleed.

[ESjaavik]

It's good for the healing to bleed. That will flush out any nasties coming in with whatever made the cut. Put on a bandaid and it will keep it in there. So it's a fair assumption a wound will heal better if let bleeding. Your built-in doctor will shut it off when enough. Just watch the flow rate. But if that's a problem a bandaid would'nt solve it anyway.
If it does not bleed, I even may help it a bit doing that if I work with things I know can be full of nasty stuff.

[DDM]

Sometimes you just need a band aid because some stuff won't quit bleeding. I get cut by wire comming off the lathe all the time and some of those won't quit bleeding. Need to start a pole of who all has got a chip in the eye or in my case had a chip fuse itself to my eyelid.

Yes I was wearing glasses but didn't have the greatest side protectors

[ViperTX]

Sounds fishy.

[Frank S]

Its not so much the Band-aide as the stuff a band-aide won't fix. When I first started out as an apprentice, one of the guys lost his ring finger when his wedding band got caught on a drill chuck. Imagine that, a lousy drill chuck! That was back in the early Seventies before they had micro surgeons to re-attach fingers. He was off work for six weeks and had to go through psych. assistance to overcome the loss. I remember it really screwed up everyone, we had to have a sit down with our program manager and shop master.

I guess the worst personal injury was stringy shavings shredded my thumb on my left hand when they got caught on a chuck and spun. Sucked in the guards and everything. Now I use chip hooks to clear machines. I still get cuts while deburring but have learned to use Mechanix gloves as well. Also use latex gloves when handling Aluminum.
I am paranoid about coolants and watch them carefully for bacteria build up, that crap can make you very ill.
Maybe I should get Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs to come and clean sumps on the machines - Ha he would puke at seeing the muck and slime, even with the tramp oil skimmer running.

[tobyaxis]

A bad cut is the first thing that happens after a weeks Vacation. Other than that not too often.

[krt9751]

3m masking tape works better than bandage i think the 3m stands for mend medicat mask or something like that

[tobyaxis]

Originally Posted by krt9751 3m masking tape works better than bandage i think the 3m stands for mend medicat mask or something like that

Electrical Tape, a quick staple, or Duct Tape They hold better

[tool_man]

My thoughts are.....if it is dripping,it will stop.If it is spirting....Damn...got to stop working and go get some stitches.By the way,electrical tape can keep the blood off the machine until the dripping stops and is relatively coolant proof