I ask my wife to check on me once in a while when I’m in the garage.
Most accidents in the garage happen really quietly. It’s like when people drown … deadly things can happen without a sound ever made or not much sound.
I’ve heard of guys getting stuck under their vehicles because they ignored basic caution and thought they could get away with a risky situation.
I know two mechanics that dropped their vehicle from a hoist, and one of them were killed.
So many things in a garage that can casually kill or maim you
- Air tools or air compressors
- drills drill presses
- saws for wood or metal
- grinding wheels
- lathe
- welding equipment
- presses or jacking equipment moving heavy weights or generating lots of force
- chemicals and not knowing how dangerous they can be
- carbon dioxide or other substances displacing oxygen
… and that’s just in a garage … the dangers increase when you start wood working construction or renovations in, on, under or near a house
I don’t work under cars or on ladders when I’m home alone. The idea of slowly dying from a crush injury or broken back is enough to stay away. And another set of eyes saying, “That’s really fucking dumb, mate” can help keep things in perspective.
Electrical work is a place where I probably take too many liberties… So easy to stop your heart if you accidentally touch the wrong thing. But turning off the breaker is a pain.
Death is not that far away in a home shop or garage
Last year I had some trouble with my air compressor. It was a small double tank portable unit that kept hissing with a loose connector. I put up with it for months, then I finally looked at it. It was a high pressure line leading to the regulator that was about to explode … if it had broken off, it would have launched the whole regulator unit like shrapnel into my face or hands like a small grenade.
I junked the whole thing and bought an even bigger compressor with a 40 gallon tank. Now my worry is that if this tank ever explodes, it will take me out and half the garage.
If this happens to you while changing your oil, I think you may actually be cooking meth
I got carried away
On a gurney to the hospital after this terrifying ordeal, I hope
What movie is this?
Thanks in advance
Sicario from 2015.
Thanks.
Try “Black Bag.” No a lot of action, but very smart script and great acting.
You keep your go-kart in a moonshine shack?
I’ve been doing oil changes for many years. Recently I did one and didn’t notice the o-ring from the old filter stayed on the car. What a fucking mess.
Happens to everyone once.
But only once.
