Well grinder disk exploded....

[92smokeaccord]

Well working on my 4dr and I as I was cutting threw some metal and my brand new disk just exploded! I managed to move away fast enough so it didn't cause to much damnage. 12 stitches laster(6 inside and 6 on top).. so far got some muscle damage range of movement is slowed and it hurts like a son of a Bitch.

[cp[mike]]

gnarly. did the grinder not have one of those shields around it, or what?

[92smokeaccord]

gnarly. did the grinder not have one of those shields around it, or what?

It did just shrapnel got me

[Jon]

Ouch!

Brand of disc? Sure it doesn't matter all that much but if I can avoid buying a certain brand...

[CyborgGT]

Note to self: invest in long work gloves.


God I hate gory stuff, thanks for the photos.

[H311RA151N]

I dislike seeing anyone hurt. Especially on here. I hope there isn't any permanent damage.

[Fleetw00d]

I guess I'll stop using mine without the shield, and get some gloves. You'd think I'd learned my lesson; coming up on four years since my eye injury.

[Crankshaft]

Not the first time i hear about this or table saw/circular saw blades becoming catatonic. Good luck to you on healing bud, sucks that it happened.

[deevergote]

Man, you are not having a good year! Glad you're ok!

[Grumpys93]

Reading the title I knew what was inside. Glad it didn’t cause any major damage. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[sonikaccord]

Whew. That could've went south really fast. Hope you get back to 100% soon man!

[GhostAccord]

Phew.... You are very lucky with that cut location. Sure glad it wasn't worse. Hoping for a quick and full recovery.

As a Pipefitter I have seen similar injuries end up much worse off. The company I work for does not allow us to cut using grinders with 3/32" or Zip discs any longer due to a few accidents like this one.

[Raf99]

i thought of your eye injury the other day, how is it ?

[F22Chris]

Juicy. Glad you’re okay.

[Fleetw00d]

i thought of your eye injury the other day, how is it ?

Vision has been stable since it all healed up. Still some distortion in the central vision and sensitive to bright light, but it is sure better than being blind!