I must admit that I have never heard of that hazard. Thanks for the
heads up.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 7/15/2015 4:34 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
Remember how car batteries used to have big lead lugs joining each
cell to the next? Just the right gap between them for a ring to bridge
the gap, draw some hundreds of amps, vaporise and neatly remove and
cauterise a finger.
On 15/07/2015, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ken,
Rings can be a hazard in some circumstances. A boy a few years older
than me, who was loading something on his father's stake-bed truck,
jumped off the truck and his ring caught on the top of the bed.
Needless to say, he lost a finger.
I am familiar with the rule about no rings when working with rotating
machine tools.
When I had open heart surgery, one of the nurses told my wife to stick
around for a moment and she would give her my ring, because the hands
often swell following surgery. Knowing I had difficulty removing it,
Donna asked her how they would get it off. She smiled and said, "We
have our ways". In a couple of minutes, she handed Donna the ring.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 7/15/2015 4:04 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
I still do have a ring on my finger. I can't bring myself to take it
off.
That's perfectly OK. Nothing wrong with it. Besides, it shows the
lasses that you aren't some creep living in his mom's basement.
I wore mine for about the first year, but developed a severe skin
sensitivity to it. That and getting myself royally zapped! I've tried
wearing it through the years but it's a no-go. My dad didn't wear his
because as a precision tool maker, it was a work hazard. So I just
fell in with his example.
AG
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