Most painful injury on the job!

[cr0ft]

I'll kick off (obviously). Electric screwdriver slipped while driving a screw into a hardibacker board today. The bit went right through my thumb nail, still spinning. Ripped a portion of the nail off to the side of my finger, cutting into it in the process. Had to use a pair of pliers to pull the thumb nail back round and into it's proper place. Hurt and bled more than anything I've ever known in my life lol.

 

[Masood]

Digging into a concrete floor to trace buried gas pipe, in a very small cupboard. Had to stand astride my breaker. Shifted position a bit and the breaker smacked me full-on in the family jewels. That ached a bit...

 

[jtsplumbing]

Not getting paid !!

 

[hammers4spanner]

when i was an apprentice i somehow managed to get traditional yorkshire flux (the old brown stuff) on the end of my todger and it was like dipping it in lava burnt like hellfire

and if anyone remembers getting this stuff in a cut will now the burning i'm on about

 

[BLOD]

managed to get traditional yorkshire flux (the old brown stuff) on the end of my todger

lmfao - not even going to ask how

 

[supper plumb]

working on a job band new wood saw fresh out the packet. cutting a bit of baton and not used to it palled the saw back to mark line slipped.
it cut right into my thumb just under the nail line as it slipped it cut throw the skin and nail.
It was one of them cuts you feel a paint till you looked at it nearly fainted. At the amount of blood best thing to do as I wasn't going to A&E>
was to cut away any fleshy skin and pull the full nail off rap it up and crack on.
as it was a mates house Building site didn't matter about the blood all over the place. after couple of packs of fosters it stopped hurting

 

[supper plumb]

lmfao - not even going to ask how

some one told him its a loub of a tommy tang in the porter loo

 

[mountainman]

some one told him its a loub of a tommy tang in the porter loo

Translation into English please.

 

[Dotty]

Split my little finger in half on my left hand while chiselling out beside a metal box. Chisel got stuck and I slammed it over.

Stood there for a moment with me eyes shut trying not to think of the pain when I heard drip..........drip..........drip....drip....drip..drip..dripdripdripdripdripdripdripdrip......

I looked down and saw a large and rapidly expanding pool of claret. Looked at my finger and my knees nearly went because i'd split my wee finger in half and could see bone. My nail was in three pieces.

The most painful bit was a week later when the doctor tore the dressing off without warning me. When I came back up from under the table he'd scarpered, leaving me with a very worried looking young nurse!

 

[Destroyer2813]

Taking a 8 inch grinder in the family jewels

 

[TerryWaite]

A mate of mine moving a set of 10 tread ladders, forgot he left a pair of 24" stillsons on the top, no hard hat on, hit him square on the bonce. Ouch.

 

[Barry98]

Battered a customer to near death once , cos they have me plain biscuits no chocolate ones left cheeky buggers

 

[Toxic Ted]

On a ladder core cutting a flue and the drill locked up and nearly snapped my wrist..........smacked me in the eye opening that up and had me off the ladder all in one go. Thats what you get with cheap drills with a clutch that doesn't slip....lesson learned.

 

[Toxic Ted]

when i was an apprentice i somehow managed to get traditional yorkshire flux (the old brown stuff) on the end of my todger and it was like dipping it in lava burnt like hellfire

and if anyone remembers getting this stuff in a cut will now the burning i'm on about

sounds more like a young man experimenting to me......dirty boy

 

[Kyle87]

On a ladder core cutting a flue and the drill locked up and nearly snapped my wrist..........smacked me in the eye opening that up and had me off the ladder all in one go. Thats what you get with cheap drills with a clutch that doesn't slip....lesson learned.

I do worry about my Titan 5kg drill. One day ill learn the hard way!!

 

[Kyle87]

Once got a pinch of line in my eye when labouring for a plasterer when I was younger. Felt like it was burning the eye right out of my head. Had the hose on it for about 10 mins

The guy I was working for got the head of a steel nail under his eyelid as it shot off whilst hammering it into a wall.
He said they had to hold him down to get it out

Ouch

 

[bert large]

Funnily enough I had a bad one this morning. Replacing the pump assembly on a Ferroli Domicompact, I unclipped the pipe to the expansion vessel & knelt down to pick up another tool at which point the expansion vessel decided to jump out & land on my forehead.
I saw stars for a few minutes & now have a big egg & a nasty gash on my forehead.
Stupid expansion vessel was only held in place with the pipe at the bottom.....Italian s**t !!!

Worse one I've had though was a few years ago when I managed to pick up a cellulitis infection in my leg. Quack reckoned it came from kneeling on a dirty floor & got in through a tiny cut or break in the skin. It is an infection between the layers of skin & can easily turn into septicemia if not treated. I was off work for 2 months.

 

[tom609]

how about a 7" angle grinder bouncing off iron brickwork as it snagged safety guard hit me in the teeth and blade cut through my lip grazed my cheek and top of my ear worse part of it was that i was doing a job at home at the time now its just a small scar, really lucky can laugh about it now

 

[julesverne]

A mate of mine moving a set of 10 tread ladders, forgot he left a pair of 24" stillsons on the top, no hard hat on, hit him square on the bonce. Ouch.

i've done the same sort of thing . left a lump hammer on top of step ladders went to move ladders forgetting they were there bop right on my head blood all over. also split my knuckle when core drill ajmmed after clutch failed. after 3 hours in barrow in furness i had drive back home 2 1/2 hours on a roads hell that did hurt.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

when i was young and stupid trying to smash up a cast bath with a lump hammer had forgotten the sledge threw the lump at the bath in frustration,it bounced back smashed me in the head did not know i had hurt myself until blood ran into my eyes,also smashed my self in the jaw while coring with a old very early clutchless sds,put my back teeth through my tongue,also smashed myself in my eye with a knipex trying to remove a cone off 15mm pipe detached a retina

 

[Toxic Ted]

how about a 7" angle grinder bouncing off iron brickwork as it snagged safety guard hit me in the teeth and blade cut through my lip grazed my cheek and top of my ear worse part of it was that i was doing a job at home at the time now its just a small scar, really lucky can laugh about it now

That makes my undercarriage tighten up just thinking about it....

 

[gassafe]

On a ladder core cutting a flue and the drill locked up and nearly snapped my wrist..........smacked me in the eye opening that up and had me off the ladder all in one go. Thats what you get with cheap drills with a clutch that doesn't slip....lesson learned.

Are you one of those who drills from the outside so there is less mess indoors?

core drilling up a ladder would be last resort for me.

 

[supper plumb]

inside out if up high or outside in saves on mess and if needed use a hoover kit to suck up the dust..
pilot drill to mark hole then drill away heath and safety will have a you by the nuts up a ladder core drilling

 

[Kyle87]

inside out if up high or outside in saves on mess and if needed use a hoover kit to suck up the dust..
pilot drill to mark hole then drill away heath and safety will have a you by the nuts up a ladder core drilling

I'm self employed and work in people's houses only!.........

What is this health and safety you speak of?

 

[supper plumb]

LOL where you working next ill send them round :bomb2: