elmerfudpucker Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Cleaning parts to my motor and was scraping crud off :mellow: well there was a pop and the next thing I know there was a shard of metal punched thru my lens and nicked my right eyelid! :blink: Well I got lucky and it is only a nick :thumbup: What it was I am not sure, rough sliver of malformed casting or something. But I am real happy I was wearing them!! :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment
Logical1 Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Cleaning parts to my motor and was scraping crud off :mellow: well there was a pop and the next thing I know there was a shard of metal punched thru my lens and nicked my right eyelid! :blink: Well I got lucky and it is only a nick :thumbup: What it was I am not sure, rough sliver of malformed casting or something. But I am real happy I was wearing them!! :thumbup: WOW! It actually pierced your safety glasses? I have had lots of welds and hot shards scratch & melt mine, but never cut through and scratch my eye! Glad your ok and I sure as sh!t will remember to wear mine! Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 WOW! You really are a lucky guy! That coulda gone bad fast. Quote Link to comment
Gensaiken Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Yeah, you are very lucky. My dad's friend was doing some grinding and moved off his glasses for a min and a metal shard left him with partial blindness in one eye. :( A good lesson to all of us to be safe! ^_^ Quote Link to comment
elmerfudpucker Posted April 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Crazy thing is I have had other stuff hit me and just bounce off. These was the nemisis brand, and they was an older pair there is a small break in them, they in the trash and I will be grabing a new pair in the morning. Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 they in the trash no pix??? <_< fail! Quote Link to comment
elmerfudpucker Posted April 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 no pix??? <_< fail! Sorry about the no pics bro, blood in the eye will do that for ya. Quote Link to comment
GrizNutz Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 mad props for saving the eye. I scratched my eye :P (pun intended) a couple weeks ago from a grinder and it led to an eyepatch... and i WAS wearing safety glasses. Quote Link to comment
808DA6 Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Safety glasses work, but they aren't 100%. I started using glasses and a full face shield because i've had embedded splinters from ricocheting debris. You know its bad when the eye doc remembers you and you've only been a patient for a few months. Three visits within three months. Each time they had to remove rusty splinters and now i got an interesting scar just outside the cornea on my right eye. Count my blessings, i'm still 20/20. -Brian Quote Link to comment
Nismopunch Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 dang thats crazy, u should have saved the glasses for some pics. definitely a warning everyone would pay attention to. glad you're ok man Quote Link to comment
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