Lathe Accident: WARNING NSWE, very graphic

goteron · Post by **goteron** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:47 am

Need to use the same system as saw-stop. That friggin thing is amazing. Should be required.

Crosshair · Post by **Crosshair** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:35 pm

Going to have to be a closed casket.

These photos quite "neatly" explain my sig line.

SimonJ · Post by **SimonJ** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:33 am

Any rotating equipt. Have had a glove sucked into a drill press.
Just ate some hide but sure chewed up the glove. In a hurry and got careless. And bigg buffers. They will throw a piece of metal back at you
so fast its like a bullet.

sonanth · Post by **sonanth** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:18 pm

Crosshair wrote:Going to have to be a closed casket.

These photos quite "neatly" explain my sig line.

+1 to your sigline. I'm hoping for quick, painless, and me being unaware.

Smalldog · Post by **Smalldog** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:07 am

Note to self.

Buy lathe, work with it naked....

Wakko · Post by **Wakko** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:23 am

It's just a flesh wound! I feel happy!

camoxjeep · Post by **camoxjeep** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:28 pm

about a month ago we heard from one of our competitors (electrical cable making plant) someone was using lathe and apparently he left the chucking hey in and turned it on. Hit him in the head and killed him. We have 5 lathes and 3 mills at work. Def gotta be careful

CKOD · Post by **CKOD** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:05 am

Smalldog wrote:Note to self.

Buy lathe, work with it naked....

jock strap may be in your interest...

northtown · Post by **northtown** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:20 am

You can see a file caught up in the clothes around the chuck, thats probably what got him so close to the workpiece.
This is why i always use a t shirt tucked in my pants when using the lathe.

BobcatM · Post by **BobcatM** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:30 pm

Yeah was really considering getting a nice lathe, this will make you think twice.

If I do might take Smalldog's advice..

Jager · Post by **Jager** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:36 pm

goteron wrote:Need to use the same system as saw-stop. That friggin thing is amazing. Should be required.

That system wont work to well on a metal lathe

armoredsaint · Post by **armoredsaint** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:12 pm

Wow!!!

tkmech21 · Post by **tkmech21** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:55 pm

that will make you want to work naked with a cup in a jock strap. Never seen nothing like that before. We've had two guys at work loose two fingers each. That was bad enough seeing that.

Machine Gun Matt · Post by **Machine Gun Matt** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:05 pm

And Boys that's why its always a good Idea to wear your safety glasses....holy hell!!!

Really its always safer to run a belt driven lathe than a gear driven lathe that will suck you in and ruin your day.....or life.

Braidon · Post by **Braidon** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:11 pm

Machine Gun Matt wrote:And Boys that's why its always a good Idea to wear your safety glasses....holy hell!!!

Really its always safer to run a belt driven lathe than a gear driven lathe that will suck you in and ruin your day.....or life.

I don't know about that, the largest Lion lathe we have has a 36" chuck and has a 15 foot slant bed way and is a belt driven lathe.... I think cognitive awareness of self and machine is the best way to prevent this...

Black · Post by **Black** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:39 am

Yep, that's def the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.

hemi · Post by **hemi** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:52 am

Unfortunate turn of events.

S.Fisher#040147 · Post by **S.Fisher#040147** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:01 pm

That reminds me of a horror film.

chingon · Post by **chingon** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:35 pm

A buddy of mine works for Novelis in Ohio, co-worker of his lost his dominant arm earlier this year in a lathe. Said the guy was an accountant, had lost his job recently and took this job to make ends meet.

20nickels · Post by **20nickels** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:14 pm

Went to high school with someone that was scalped by a drill press. Long hair. Reattached with infection being the main enemy.

whisper · Post by **whisper** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:28 pm

Probably a drunk russian operating this lathe. At least the lathe is russian, it is a machine delivered by "Stanko-import" in moscow. it has at least 15kW engine and no brakes. Very good and accurate machines if you know how to operate them...

Fireman1291 · Post by **Fireman1291** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:58 pm

Black wrote:Yep, that's def the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.

Consider yourself lucky.....

RIP

TonyRumore · Post by **TonyRumore** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:31 pm

The head position between pic 2 and pic 3 is completely different for some reason.

Tony

doubloon · Post by **doubloon** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:33 pm

Looks the same to me just a different angle.

DMY · Post by **DMY** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:34 pm

Wow, thanks for posting this. That's some serious carnage. Indeed it makes you think twice about safety, etc. It is very easy to become complacent when operating machines... especially on repetitive tasks.

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