Hideous Injury from being a Mechanic..?
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Ok, a bit of a morbid and sicky subject for a thread, but brought on by a recent occurrence...
I was at a house party a while ago, and there were some peeps there who I didn't know. Being a sociable type, I always like meeting and chatting to new people.
Anyway, got talking to one young lad - he was only in his early 20's. I would never have guessed, as he was stood in front of me and walking round the house like anyone else. But after a while, someone mentioned something and after looking at him with my eyebrows raised, it turns out the poor chap has a false lower left leg.
Social convention would normally dictate that you'd probably 'park' the subject and move on, but as I was a little drunk, I asked him to show me the prosthetic.
Which he was only too glad to do. It was a marvel of modern engineering, and very trick, made from anodised alloy and carbon fibre composites, which gave him a fairly normal range of movement with regard to walking normally and according to him, even the ability to run.
So the obvious question was 'how did you lose your leg'?
The answer - he was a lorry mechanic, and one day was routinely inflating a lorry tyre in the workshop. The tyre that he was standing in front of then just burst - and the thing exploded with such force, it basically took his lower leg clean off
You don't expect that at work!
Plus I know of at least three mechanic mates with work injuries - one who lost a finger from using a grinder to cut bodywork, and another who got his hand caught and mangled in some rotating parts (I seem to remember either the cambelt or auxiliary belt). Plus one who also mangled digits oiling a motorbike chain where the engine was running and the rear wheel moving whilst on a stand.
So...anyone else with some interesting injuries from spannering cars / bikes / trucks / busses?
I was at a house party a while ago, and there were some peeps there who I didn't know. Being a sociable type, I always like meeting and chatting to new people.
Anyway, got talking to one young lad - he was only in his early 20's. I would never have guessed, as he was stood in front of me and walking round the house like anyone else. But after a while, someone mentioned something and after looking at him with my eyebrows raised, it turns out the poor chap has a false lower left leg.
Social convention would normally dictate that you'd probably 'park' the subject and move on, but as I was a little drunk, I asked him to show me the prosthetic.
Which he was only too glad to do. It was a marvel of modern engineering, and very trick, made from anodised alloy and carbon fibre composites, which gave him a fairly normal range of movement with regard to walking normally and according to him, even the ability to run.
So the obvious question was 'how did you lose your leg'?
The answer - he was a lorry mechanic, and one day was routinely inflating a lorry tyre in the workshop. The tyre that he was standing in front of then just burst - and the thing exploded with such force, it basically took his lower leg clean off
You don't expect that at work!
Plus I know of at least three mechanic mates with work injuries - one who lost a finger from using a grinder to cut bodywork, and another who got his hand caught and mangled in some rotating parts (I seem to remember either the cambelt or auxiliary belt). Plus one who also mangled digits oiling a motorbike chain where the engine was running and the rear wheel moving whilst on a stand.
So...anyone else with some interesting injuries from spannering cars / bikes / trucks / busses?
whoami said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Ok, a bit of a morbid and sicky subject for a thread, but brought on by a recent occurrence...
I was at a house party a while ago, and there were some peeps there who I didn't know. Being a sociable type, I always like meeting and chatting to new people.
Anyway, got talking to one young lad - he was only in his early 20's. I would never have guessed, as he was stood in front of me and walking round the house like anyone else. But after a while, someone mentioned something and after looking at him with my eyebrows raised, it turns out the poor chap has a false lower left leg.
Social convention would normally dictate that you'd probably 'park' the subject and move on, but as I was a little drunk, I asked him to show me the prosthetic.
Which he was only too glad to do. It was a marvel of modern engineering, and very trick, made from anodised alloy and carbon fibre composites, which gave him a fairly normal range of movement with regard to walking normally and according to him, even the ability to run.
So the obvious question was 'how did you lose your leg'?
The answer - he was a lorry mechanic, and one day was routinely inflating a lorry tyre in the workshop. The tyre that he was standing in front of then just burst - and the thing exploded with such force, it basically took his lower leg clean off
You don't expect that at work!
Plus I know of at least three mechanic mates with work injuries - one who lost a finger from using a grinder to cut bodywork, and another who got his hand caught and mangled in some rotating parts (I seem to remember either the cambelt or auxiliary belt). Plus one who also mangled digits oiling a motorbike chain where the engine was running and the rear wheel moving whilst on a stand.
So...anyone else with some interesting injuries from spannering cars / bikes / trucks / busses?
Few beers...?I was at a house party a while ago, and there were some peeps there who I didn't know. Being a sociable type, I always like meeting and chatting to new people.
Anyway, got talking to one young lad - he was only in his early 20's. I would never have guessed, as he was stood in front of me and walking round the house like anyone else. But after a while, someone mentioned something and after looking at him with my eyebrows raised, it turns out the poor chap has a false lower left leg.
Social convention would normally dictate that you'd probably 'park' the subject and move on, but as I was a little drunk, I asked him to show me the prosthetic.
Which he was only too glad to do. It was a marvel of modern engineering, and very trick, made from anodised alloy and carbon fibre composites, which gave him a fairly normal range of movement with regard to walking normally and according to him, even the ability to run.
So the obvious question was 'how did you lose your leg'?
The answer - he was a lorry mechanic, and one day was routinely inflating a lorry tyre in the workshop. The tyre that he was standing in front of then just burst - and the thing exploded with such force, it basically took his lower leg clean off
You don't expect that at work!
Plus I know of at least three mechanic mates with work injuries - one who lost a finger from using a grinder to cut bodywork, and another who got his hand caught and mangled in some rotating parts (I seem to remember either the cambelt or auxiliary belt). Plus one who also mangled digits oiling a motorbike chain where the engine was running and the rear wheel moving whilst on a stand.
So...anyone else with some interesting injuries from spannering cars / bikes / trucks / busses?
carinaman said:
http://www.stripes.com/news/air-force-captain-dies...
It never occured to me that tyres could be that dangerous before I heard about that.
I know, hideous isn't it? After meeting matey with the missing leg, whenever I inflate my car tyres at a petrol station now, I put the line on and stand well clear of the wheel, to the side of the car.It never occured to me that tyres could be that dangerous before I heard about that.
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