Lathe rips shirt off operator - GIF

**drivermark** · Nov 14, 2021, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by mklotz

Hear, hear! I've been trumpeting this same advice for a long time. I'm surprised that lathe manufacturers don't at least offer it as an accessory.

I would bet it has something to do with cost/profit margins

**Toolmaker51** · Nov 18, 2021, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by drivermark

I would bet it has something to do with cost/profit margins

Wouldn't be the first time, substitute E-stop with Pinto gas tanks......

**mdhatter3** · Nov 13, 2021, 09:16 PM

Anybody else notice the parts on the floor by the lathe? Easy to trip over. He steps on them. Luckily he didn’t fall.

**Fluffle-Valve** · Nov 14, 2021, 12:53 AM

He was lucky in that he was wearing a shite T-Shirt. Anything with stronger material would of draged him straight in with more damage to the torso.

**Toolmaker51** · Nov 18, 2021, 07:24 AM

Sure he was hollering quite soon, but it was nearly over before the dog and co-worker reacted, that's pretty fast.

All those points made are viable, in no particular order; clear floor, proper footwear, not reaching over rotating machinery, lightweight clothing, a laugh for the COVID mask (more proof administrative safety is secondary to personal safety), better primary shut-off mechanisms, minimally an E-stop.... Can even question the shop layout, who lines up lathes along a wall?

Most, if not all of those we have complete control of. Serious accidents don't get do overs.

Make sure the only shirt you loose to machinery is an unsatisfactory purchase.

**mdhatter3** · Nov 18, 2021, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

Sure he was hollering quite soon, but it was nearly over before the dog and co-worker reacted, that's pretty fast.

All those points made are viable, in no particular order; clear floor, proper footwear, not reaching over rotating machinery, lightweight clothing, a laugh for the COVID mask (more proof administrative safety is secondary to personal safety), better primary shut-off mechanisms, minimally an E-stop.... Can even question the shop layout, who lines up lathes along a wall?

Most, if not all of those we have complete control of. Serious accidents don't get do overs.

Make sure the only shirt you loose to machinery is an unsatisfactory purchase.

Thanks toolmaker. You summed it up well. Stay safe and healthy.

**Toolmaker51** · Nov 18, 2021, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by mdhatter3

Thanks toolmaker. You summed it up well. Stay safe and healthy.

Accepted, rather good if I do say so myself!

I've run machinery over 60 years, as employee and privately. A few insignificant injuries, worst maybe a counterbore sticking in a plate and it spun half a turn, after hitting me in gut. Sore but not even a bruise. The plate seemed (operative word if there ever was) heavy enough to remain in place.

Having been under so many types of safety program (another operative yet ineffective word); only that offered by Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe is sensible............... "Safety Third".