Safety glasses at the mill

[warren46]

I usually where safety glasses when working at the mill.  They are a bit of a pain and need cleaning often but my experience yesterday reinforced the habit.

I was uncoiling a 1 1/2 X .050 band and got a little careless.  Twang and the band hit my glasses. All I got was a scratch on my nose.  Without the glasses I would have been writing this with only on eye.

[Dave Shepard]

I pretty much always have my Stihl sunglasses on outside, they are Z87.1 spec. I like to have my chainsaw helmet on with the faceshield down and the earmuffs in place when handling bands.

[Nomad]

I pretty much always have my Stihl sunglasses on outside, they are Z87.1 spec. I like to have my chainsaw helmet on with the faceshield down and the earmuffs in place when handling bands.

     Is that all?  The way I coil (and especially uncoil) bands I want welder's gauntlets, chainsaw chaps, and body armor too! :

[drobertson]

got hit twice yesterday from the debarker debris, square in the safety glasses,  it happens fast,

[red oaks lumber]

i throw my band into sawdust, let it uncoil on its own.why? i learned the hard way ;D

[sawdust joe]

Yes throwing  bands on sawdust pile or even the lawn, still be very careful and wear safety gear always.May we all have a safe summer.

[WDH]

i throw my band into sawdust, let it uncoil on its own.why? i learned the hard way ;D

:D :D :D   I am a sawdust-pile-thrower too.  Maybe we need to have a convention. 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

i throw my band into sawdust, let it uncoil on its own.why? i learned the hard way ;D

:D :D :D   I am a sawdust-pile-thrower too.  Maybe we need to have a convention.

Will Julio be cooking?  ;D

[WDH]

That itself would be worth the price of admission. 

[backwoods sawyer]

Just my preference but I like to keep two hands on the saw at all times when folding and unfolding ;)
Take the time to find a good fitting pair of saftey glasses and keep them where you will use them and make it a habit to wear them around the mill.

It was shift change when one of the guys on my crew came to me with an eye injury requiring a trip to the hospital and three days off work. He had just clocked out, it was a nice sunny morning and while walking up the hill to the parking lot he was watching the chips blow out of a full chip bin as the system was switching bins, he watched one chip float down like a snow flake right into his eye.

[Small Slick]

My greatest fear as the employer of people is that I will someday have to call the wife of an employee and tell her that her husband was hurt at work. I'm very serious when I say that. Even in this day and age I've been on jobs where men have died and limbs have been lost. Thank God they were not my men.

My company just went through an 8 hour day of sAfety training. The pinnacle of that day was an hour long video titled "Remembering Charlie". It's a public monologue given by Charlie Moorecraft. A guy who is responsible for the largest refinery fire in US history and how that event has affected his whole life.

I don't know how to post the link but the video is older and about an hour long. Search the web I'm sure when you find it you will know.

Let me know if you find this info useful.

John

[dgdrls]

My greatest fear as the employer of people is that I will someday have to call the wife of an employee and tell her that her husband was hurt at work. I'm very serious when I say that. Even in this day and age I've been on jobs where men have died and limbs have been lost. Thank God they were not my men.

My company just went through an 8 hour day of sAfety training. The pinnacle of that day was an hour long video titled "Remembering Charlie". It's a public monologue given by Charlie Moorecraft. A guy who is responsible for the largest refinery fire in US history and how that event has affected his whole life.

I don't know how to post the link but the video is older and about an hour long. Search the web I'm sure when you find it you will know.

Let me know if you find this info useful.

John

Here is a quick preview of Charlie.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=249FHwsmQPo
This is a very powerful video, I have seen it twice.

I too work in a dangerous industry and my employer takes safety very seriously. 
Bottom line for us is safety first, job second. If you cant do the project in that order your not going to do it until you figure out a way to do it in that order.
Our CEO has made "those calls"  and has told us without reservation he done making them.

I have to say I'm lucky to work in this type of environment, It reinforces what I was taught early-on about safety at work
and continues to spill over into my personal life and my families especially my sons.

Don't be like Charlie was, there is no way it can be worth it

Best DGDrls

[Magicman]

I always wear my personal safety items:  Hat, glasses, ear plugs, mask, gloves, & steel toe boots.

[brianb88]

I learned a long time ago that safety really is important.  I worked at a lumberyard that made pallets some 20+ years ago and as I was leaving for lunch one day I caught a piece of wood with my eye.  I was walking out of the building when it happened and ended up at the eye doctor to have it removed.  I realized then that two eyes are better than one!   :D

I do not yet own a sawmill but you can bet that when I do get one I will be wearing eye protection, ear protection, etc. 

[shortlogger]

I used to toss the band blade and let it open until one jumped up and cut a large slice in my nose ! Lots of blood a few stitches and a lesson learned . I hold on to them now !

[Magicman]

They are much too easy to properly uncoil than to pitch them.   :P

[highleadtimber16]

Twice now I've been hit while unfolding my blades. It was raining both times and the blade slipped out of my fingers. First time the tooth scraped my forehead. Second time the back hit the boney part of my nose. Felt like I got punched in the face!! I always make sure the teeth are pointing away from me when opening blade up.

[Chop Shop]

I cant leave home without steel toe boots on.

Here is the PNW (rain) it has become easy to get used to wearing a hardhat too.  It makes a great rain hat (fullbrim).

I could be better at the safety glass habit tho.  I like the full face shield.

[petefrom bearswamp]

See my other post about my helper.
I also caught him walking in front of the sawdust chute when the saw was running.
I had cautioned him about this previously.
Once again the Forest Gump quote
I wear my hard hat with muffs and face screen, gloves and steel toed boots  when sawing.
Perhaps I should use a hard face shield.
I sometimes get bark bits from the debarker coming at me.
Unfolding blades isn't a fun chore, but I seldom coil blades as I am stationary and store them in the box that WM sends them in.

[MAI]

Just curious, when you buy new mills do the manufacturers show you the easiest and safest way to change blades?   

[Chuck White]

Just curious, when you buy new mills do the manufacturers show you the easiest and safest way to change blades?

I'm sure all you'd have to do is ask and they would give you a demo!

[MAI]

Oh I agree, I'm sure they would show you anything if you asked.  I'm just wondering if it's part of a manufacturers   initial training program or orientation when you purchase a new mill.

[wwsjr]

Coiling blade was part of the training I had at WM. I think they also have a video on their website. Good safety glasses and heavy leather gloves are a must.

[Iron Mike]

My greatest fear as the employer of people is that I will someday have to call the wife of an employee and tell her that her husband was hurt at work. I'm very serious when I say that. Even in this day and age I've been on jobs where men have died and limbs have been lost. Thank God they were not my men.

My company just went through an 8 hour day of sAfety training. The pinnacle of that day was an hour long video titled "Remembering Charlie". It's a public monologue given by Charlie Moorecraft. A guy who is responsible for the largest refinery fire in US history and how that event has affected his whole life.

I don't know how to post the link but the video is older and about an hour long. Search the web I'm sure when you find it you will know.

Let me know if you find this info useful.

John

Here is a quick preview of Charlie.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=249FHwsmQPo
This is a very powerful video, I have seen it twice.

I too work in a dangerous industry and my employer takes safety very seriously. 
Bottom line for us is safety first, job second. If you cant do the project in that order your not going to do it until you figure out a way to do it in that order.
Our CEO has made "those calls"  and has told us without reservation he done making them.

I have to say I'm lucky to work in this type of environment, It reinforces what I was taught early-on about safety at work
and continues to spill over into my personal life and my families especially my sons.

Don't be like Charlie was, there is no way it can be worth it

Best DGDrls

I am also blessed to work for a large company that puts safety first. I actually have a copy of "Remember Charlie" sitting on the shelf in my office. Also search YouTube or look up the text for a poem called "I could have saved a life that day". As someone who is responsible for about 100 people, 50 per shift, on 2 shifts, my best days all include "Nobody Gets Hurt" . I always wear seat belts, safety glasses, hard hat, chaps, well you get the idea. As an old helicopter pilot told me once, "There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots." I believed this can apply to any industry. Stay safe out there.

[stefan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ay3dJ4T4Q&feature=player_detailpage
Speaking of coiling bandsaw blades, look how this gentleman handels a blade!!
A pretty good sized blade too.
I am willing to bet he has done this a few times before.

About two minutes into the video.