Speedy_RCW
Hooked
So about a 3 hour cutting and grinding session on some Jeep stuff resulted in a not so fun day for me. Sunday night I was working on shaving a 14 bolt when I got some metal filings in my eyes. Although I was wearing safety glasses and a particulate mask (thinking I was being safe) some metal managed to make its way past the glasses and into my eye. Fast forward to Monday morning and I damn near couldn’t see. A trip to the doc (thanks to my wife for being my chauffeur) revealed I had 3 pieces of metal embedded in my right eye and two in the left. Go me for not doing shit half-assed! :thumb: All they could do for me there was numb my eyes and get me an appt with an optometrist. Meeting that guy was not a pleasant experience. He dug in my eyeballs with a damn needle for about 10 minutes all while a nurse is pushing on the back of my head so I can’t escape this bondage contraption my face is clamped in. Although not painful it was, as I said, unpleasant. All good now with just some antibiotic drops and sore eyes but should heal up fine. So moral of the story is you won’t catch me grinding without a face shield again. I’d encourage all those out there to do the same and wear the appropriate PPE for whatever task you are doing. Stay safe guys and gals.
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