Confessions of the woodworker.......... or any construction worker.
99% of all injuries in our line of work are small, but annoying. Nothing pisses you off more than to blood stain a piece you are finishing. Why? because you get cut so often that a lot of the times you do not even notice that are are cut. That, and all the tiny arterioles in the hands lend itself to leaking blood on your work before realizing that you even cut yourself.
The most common cuts I get are edges that are sharp and you brush by them, screws sticking out on an existing piece/area, tool edges cutting or poking you, or in my case sharpening a tool. The latter seems to be more common now I am old, thin skinned and well, not being more careful.
The last thing I find as an annoying thing is safety shields on tools that are not properly de-edged so you are working on maintenance and you get cut by some poor QC sheetmetal shroud. One thing in particular are where elec hookups occur on dishwasher, ovens, stove etc, the sheetmetal is just stamped with a nice razor edge. Oh, and another is being left handed causes risks right handers never have to contend with.
99% of all injuries in our line of work are small, but annoying. Nothing pisses you off more than to blood stain a piece you are finishing. Why? because you get cut so often that a lot of the times you do not even notice that are are cut. That, and all the tiny arterioles in the hands lend itself to leaking blood on your work before realizing that you even cut yourself.
The most common cuts I get are edges that are sharp and you brush by them, screws sticking out on an existing piece/area, tool edges cutting or poking you, or in my case sharpening a tool. The latter seems to be more common now I am old, thin skinned and well, not being more careful.
The last thing I find as an annoying thing is safety shields on tools that are not properly de-edged so you are working on maintenance and you get cut by some poor QC sheetmetal shroud. One thing in particular are where elec hookups occur on dishwasher, ovens, stove etc, the sheetmetal is just stamped with a nice razor edge. Oh, and another is being left handed causes risks right handers never have to contend with.
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