Oct. 17, 2012
Today I watched a video called "Lethal Strike". The main idea behind the video was trying to show oil injection injuries. It showed a mechanic doing some failure analysis work on a front end loader that had a hydrolic leak. He reached his hand in to find the leak and got injured thinking it was from the steel braids that the hoses are made up of. He said it felt like getting bitten. It turned out that he had 3000 psi hydrolic oil enter his hand and build up pressure resulting in constriction of his nerves and arteries. They had to remove his index and half of his middle finger. The "take way" from this video was no glove can protect you from these sorts of injuries and no matter how small the injury, make sure to bring it to your supervisors attention.
Good. I hope that you have this one cemented into your head. Think.
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