About 30 minutes, I was cutting some wood when my hair got sucked into the saw’s motor, pulling my face into the piece and giving me a bloody nose. I couldn’t pull the saw out like then, so I carried the entire piece to my tool rack to cut the hair off with scissors.

Tie your hair up people.

  • c7plumbcrazy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Oof, thankfully it was mostly your ego that was bruised. At least you can laugh about it after the fact with that image of you carrying everything around stuck to your head.

  • mvirts@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Damn definitely worth telling this story, I would never given a second thought to having hair down by the fan. Thank you for sharing

  • Hikermick@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for sharing, I got a good laugh as long as you weren’t hurt of course. Let this serve as a cautionary tale.

  • Buck Fucket@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While working at a machine shop we had a lady who came to work just like every other day. Didn’t put her hair up just like every other day. Worked on a usual customer’s job at the drill press just like any other day. But that one time is all it took for her to be literally scalped when her hair was caught on the drill press. The employer had new safety requirements for those with long hair after that day. Tie your hair up people, all it takes is that one time to happen…

  • BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Manufacturing facilities often require people with long hair to wear it up to avoid it getting caught in the machinery (especially if there is an assembly line that doesn’t stop). We also sometimes require piercings to be taped down for the same reason. Glad youre mostly OK though.