Near-death experiences or injuries during build season?

[The_Pratt1448]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

In 08, I had to sand down a pretty small piece of plywood (1"x2"x1/4, about). Being a freshman, I jumped on the belt sander. the wood got sucked down the crack between the table and belt, taking my hand with it. Luckily it was an old belt. I was missing 8 fingernails for a few months, and now whenever you press down on them I don't really feel anything.

I've also seen many drill press chucks/keys go flying and smack people in the face

This is easily the scariest one of the thread, congrats?

[EricVanWyk]

Two things that I try to instill in my students:

There is no situation so dire that panic can not make it worse.

Taking the time to do it right the first time is faster than rushing through it a third time.

With these, most of our accidents are of the form "Wow, I sure am glad that I used (safety measure) while I was testing or else (consequence) could have happened."

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by The_Pratt1448

This is easily the scariest one of the thread, congrats?

Not sure if thats something to be proud of haha

Originally Posted by Karibou

...so you learned to not rush through your work, right?

That, and only use the belt sander if absolutely necessarily. I've only used it maybe twice since.

[115inventorsam]

There was one time during build on a rainy day when I slipped on a diamond plate panel while running between the machine shop and the classroom the team works in. Fortunately I didn't really get hurt despite landing hard on my back.
Unfortunately, the teacher-mentor of our team suffered a similar fate some time after that, and he wasn't as lucky. Can't remember exactly what the injury was, but it was foot/ankle related. Certainly made us realize how important he was to the team.
After that incident, the school added some sort of coating to the panel that made it less slippery.