Martin Tiney 65 Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 OK guys we all use belt grinders and for the most of the time they are perfectly safe...... UNTIL!!!! your overall sleeve gets caught up in the belt /contact wheel and drags your hand in. The photo shows what happens after 3 bouts of surgery, one of which lasted for 9 hours, PLEASE, PLEASE, make sure that nothing is loose, ( not even protective overall) when using the belt grinder 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,877 Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Ow.... Where'd they take the skin for the graft? That's almost as bad as the actual injury... Link to post Share on other sites
Martin Tiney 65 Posted July 20 Author Share Posted July 20 Have a 12 Inch scar on my left thigh where they took the graft from, the left thigh is now 3 1/2 inch smaller dia than the right one the good news is that as it happened at work I'm still being paid full wages and there paying me expenses for the 90 mile round trip to the hospital, would rater be at work though Link to post Share on other sites
Martin Tiney 65 Posted July 20 Author Share Posted July 20 Just to give you a idea of size of the sca Went in with one injury..... Came out with two Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,877 Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Ouch, again! Link to post Share on other sites
Gerhard Gerber 482 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I had a novice trying his hand at grinding bevels last Saturday, didn't last long before I took over. Also started grinding two very awkward blades and my fingers had more than usual "interactions" with the 36 grit belt. This is a very timely reminder how dangerous these machines can be, I got a chill when you mentioned overalls, Winter here so I was actually wearing an overall coat. I wish you a speedy recovery. Link to post Share on other sites
Martin Tiney 65 Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 Thanks for the words of encouragement, but I think the recovery will be long and painful, ironically the use of overalls is mandatory in the workshop, however I'm sure if I wasn't wearing them I wouldn't have had the accident 4 hours ago, Gerhard Gerber said: I had a novice trying his hand at grinding bevels last Saturday, didn't last long before I took over. Also started grinding two very awkward blades and my fingers had more than usual "interactions" with the 36 grit belt. This is a very timely reminder how dangerous these machines can be, I got a chill when you mentioned overalls, Winter here so I was actually wearing an overall coat. I wish you a speedy recovery. Link to post Share on other sites
MLeonard 14 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I hope you have a speedy recovery. Over the years I have found that some safety eq. can be the problem. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites
Francis Gastellu 273 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Wishing you the best for your recovery, and thank you for the reminder, I do feel we sometimes get a little too comfortable, particularly when working with belt grinders. Link to post Share on other sites
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