Well, just to share an unexpected experience...this morning I was gluing some felt under a base with some of that great water based linolium adhessive when some of it which had become sort of stretchy on the side of the bucket pulled away and a pretty big glob became airborne until it landed in my left eye. I'll say right here, without knowing who might read this, you don't want this to ever happen to you. This stuff immediatly got all over my eye lid and gummed up in my eye lashes and was on the way to closing things down. I got to the sink and flooded my eye with water but the stuff was thick and I ended up having to use soap to get it off. The soap was the painful part but I figured it was a better choice than laquer thinner. Point is, who thinks about all of the potential problems you might encounter using all of the stuff we use? Sometimes I guess it pays to think about what might happen when you open the can of whatever. Everybody be careful--Aaron H.
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You never know what can happen. I stepped into a snow covered hole 5 years ago only a few inches deep and now I have 11 screws to show for it. Now I try to approach everything with safety in mind. I hope your eye is OK.
I got 3 pair handy, I know, who would of thoght about glue in the eye? I wear them when ever I work around the pickle juice, and 100% of the time when I dremel. I hope you can SEE the lesson here.
got formaldyhyde into his eyes after his syringe exploded. He was blind temporarily. He says now when he dies he won't have to be embalmed. I believe he was injecting bird feet.
I was putting the tarp on my boat last summer when the black bungie chord pulled through my hands, unwrapped around the frame of my trailor twice and hit be in the left eye..there WAS NO DOUBT in my mind I had just put out my eye. My wife was on the other side of the boat when it happened...when she asked me what happened I told her I just lost my eye...pitch black..I went inside and sat down on the couch and was so highly upset with myself that i didn`t even feel the pain...20 minutes later I started seeing brown..after about 10 minutes my blurred vision came back..couldn`t see very good because my cornea had filled halfway up with blood from the blunt trauma. We went straight to the emergency room who sent us straight to a specialist...checked my retna for rips and tears and basically said I was very lucky--took 3 weeks for my vision to come back to about 80%..My pupil is still dialated biggger than my right...I now keep safety glasses in the shop, in the truck..basically wherever I go I have a pair available and I wear them...I would have never thought my eyes were in danger that morning, but Doc told he sees 7 or 8 cases every year where people loose their vision from bungie chords..they travel approx 70 mph before they hit your eye---protect them peepers...it only takes one stupid mistake
I have gotten several nasty chemicals in my eyes.. Krowtann once (burned a lot) .. but the worse was MEKP hardener for fiberglass resin. I was squeezing the little plastic dropper tube when the plastic just cracked (it was an old tube) and went straight into my eyes. I immediately washed it out and my vision was fine (although the eyes watered for a long time). I was very lucky though.. I looked up that nasty stuff online and I read that it usually causes instant blindness if gotten in the eyes.
Yup, that's it. Murphy's law states that what ever can go wrong will at the worst posable time.
Seems I have been having a rough go of it for the past 3 years, a gunshot, a bout with cancer, the treatment made me so week everything was breaking, bruising, or tearing.
The one thin I always have adored in life is Bow Hunting. Thought I would never do it again. just could not draw a bow without pulling, or tearing something. with my god's grace, and a bit of luck, I had been able to resume shooting my bow 10 weeks ago. and was so excited at the prospect of hunting bear with my bow. yesterday a girl asked me to help her with the training of her horse. something I do all the time.
Sure enough Enter Mr. Murphy. A freak situation resulted in my falling sharply on my right elbow. the impact caused great pain in my shoulder. So much so I cannot lift my arm. pretty sure the rotator cuff is torn. And will not be better in time for the hunt.
The point here is the mishap was foreseeable. Be it a fall, a splash, the slip of a knife. We all face hazards daily. And need to prevent, or protect against as many as we can.