Safety

[r.morrison]

I don't want to wade into a big blah blah. Let's just let Bob heal and open discussion then . God willingly, Bob may have a few comments himself. Let it go....Amen Robert You hang in there Bobby!

[Lynn Eades]

I don't know how it is elsewhere, but at home the trend in the workplace is toward nylon type overalls. I guess they last longer. I for one do prefer the older style cotton type.
Having set both types of overalls on fire, I am aware of the difference. Others may not know.
I wear cotton overalls when working on my hobbies.
I think Chris's post is timely. It can do no harm.

[motto (RIP)]

I go along with what you say Lynn.

Also, it's not morbid curiosity that makes me ask what kind of overalls can do that to a man? It's a desire to find out the circumstances of the accident so as hopefully there will be no repeats.

I tried to kick-start a discussion on Land Rover instability and suspect tyres for the same reason.

We've lost a couple of good people in preventable circumstances so far this year, one in a forklift accident and one in a rollover as well as almost losing a couple more, one down a mine shaft and now Bob who's future is still in doubt.

Cautionary tales do serve a purpose, perhaps we can start there. One I know of is to do with a fellow HMV enthusiast who was using a wire wheel to clean up a part and believed he'd finished. When he took his goggles off he noticed a spot he had missed. He didn't bother to put his goggles back on as it was only going to be a few seconds work. The result was a wire buried in his eyeball with just the end sticking out.

I will finish by simply saying. C'mon Bob, we need you.

David

[Lynn Eades]

David, you never know where things can come from. I know of a chap, a successful engineer now. He was trying to undo a bolt on his bike, when a piece of chrome pinged off, into his eye. For a few days his vision in that eye, hung in the balance.
I would never had seen a need to wear eye protection for that sort of a job.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

David, you never know where things can come from. I know of a chap, a successful engineer now. He was trying to undo a bolt on his bike, when a piece of chrome pinged off, into his eye. For a few days his vision in that eye, hung in the balance.
I would never had seen a need to wear eye protection for that sort of a job.

For a long time I had a pair of glasses with a little but deep scratch on one lens. My then-12 or 15 month old nephew hit me in the face with the sharp end of a toy. It would have been a serious eye injury if I hadn't had on my glasses. Yes you are right, the risks come for everywhere.

[chris vickery]

Yes, sometimes incidents happen out of nowhere without any sort of warning and limited risk. I once got cut under my eye when I dropped something into a porcelained steel bathroom sink. A small piece of the porcelain came off like a grenade fragment. Lucky it was my face, not my eye.

[chris vickery]

Lynn and others;
The trend here in Canada now for most industrial sites is to wear FR/AF coveralls (fire retardant and/or arc flash)
This goes for anyone working on site, and is especially true for all workers in utilities (electrical, gas etc) as well as others in mining, petro chemical etc.
This is a broad brushed effort to help ensure all workers safety, it is not neccessarily trade specific. The truck drivers wear them, mechanics, crane operators, electricians- everyone. Cleanliness is important as well to keep the material free of greases, oils, chemicals etc.
Sure, a person may ask "why does a crane operator require them?"
You never know, as any added layer of personal protection is better than not.