Scrap metal injuries! - Page 2

Bump!

Imploding CRT while cutting the steel mounting band off of it. In my experience, half of the TV / computer monitor CRTs I've scrapped crack when I cut the band off, while the other half do nothing. I knew one day one would implode, and this was the one. I know a lot of scrappers won't even bother with cutting the band off because of, well, I dunno. Fear of this?



I need to off-gas these things first. (Or would it be in-gassing, since it's a vacuum? Or maybe it's simply pressure equalization.)

This gash, about two inches long and down to the shin bone, should have been stitched, but I did the butterfly bandage thing instead. I did end up going to the doctor the next day because it'd been a while since my last tetanus shot (too late to stitch by then, of course). This isn't even close to my first scar, or even my first from scrapping, but it's the worst from scrapping thus far.

Nice gash..Pull the wire suction cup looking thing out to release the vacuum. I don't bother with the band myself not worth it for .15.

Herd, this has to be one of the most discusting threds on the forum.LOL

I've got several scars from some chisels. Lovely scar on my calf from where I scrapped it against the plastic shell of projection screen tv...bled like a stuck pig.

Not a scrapping injury, but saw the post on the metal in the eye, I can relate. Bout 8 years back when I was still doing retail, we went on a smoke break. Decided we were gonna play some hacky sack, well..long story short..I ended up with a freshly lit cigarette in my eye. Didn't hurt at first, started to throb, an hurt after washing it out an such, and decided to drive myself to the local hospital ER ( We worked over night, nothing else open). Which is a lot of fun when your basically blind in one eye driving down a 2 lane road at 1am..lol. Got to the er, an the triage chick hands me a freaking ice bag, an let me sit there for over 2 hours. Finally got in the back to see the doc, and he bout freaked out when he found out how long I'd been sitting out there. He went out, yelled at the nurse, came back, gave me those lovely numbing eye drops. Then..he put some crap in my eye turned off the lights and on a black light and showed me the burns on my eye. Gave me an eye patch told me it'd heal up in 48 hours and to take the pain pills as needed cause he couldn't give me the numbing stuff for at home as it hindered the healing process. I enjoyed walking around like a pirate the entire weekend yelling ARRRGH! at people...

Only injury where i was worried. I'm a reader, love to read, so any damage to the ol'eyes is not something that pleases me..lol. Thankfully I can still see, read etc. Won't ever play a **** game of hacky sack again tho!

Sirscrapalot - He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. - Douglas Adams

YIKES. ICE ICE ICE. slow IS faster!!!
and
you need some sun on them puppy's ;-)

(now waiting for some smarta** Sirscrapalotism)

LOL..Brojer..

An pray tell how you live in Texas, Auminer an be that pale....? :P

Or should we call you Casper now? Glad the ankle is ok tho, woulda made it hard to enjoy the next BlackBerrySmoke concert with a cast man!

Sirscrapalot - Brojer is the Co-President of the Sirscrapalot Fan club, contact him for your secret decoder ring.

Originally Posted by auminer

Oh, yall messin with the gimp??!!??

I have the world's best farmer's tan. Them legs ain't seen sun since the days of parachute pants & Members Only jackets. It's DARK down in the goldmine!

We tease the ones we like the most Casp..err Auminer.

An just cause of the bloody gash at the top of this page..I have the perfect quote for this thread.

Sirscrapalot - A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer. - Mitch Hedberg

Its all the sun he's not getting KZ..

Sirscrapalot - Rocking some Black Berry smoke for his buddy Auminer.

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

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Dang Auminer, that's a pretty mean bump! I doubt Friday's gonna see it healed either ; ) You be careful out there man. I've dealt with clearance warehouses that would cut some slack on removal deadlines under some circumstances, maybe yours would too

I don't have any pics but my worst injury was having a 20k btu ac fall on my chest .no major damage but I did go to the hospital to be safe .dang thing weighed at least 150 lbs.ned less to say I was very badly bruised .it was agony to move lol .laid in bed for 3 days lol