slip whilst using a chissel

fin · Post by **fin** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:04 am

Going back a couple of years now i was fitting stud work to a small utility room (mainly to cure dampness as it was only single leaf) It was a bit of an odd shaped room so the stud work had a few angles and notches cut into various places and so on.

anyway i took one of the smaller timbers down stairs to cut the notch out. i just did it with my hand saw. on taking it back up stairs i realised the notch was ever so slightly too small. so i got my chissels out.

I removed a small amount of material and took it back to try it. still needs a tiny little bit out

back down stairs i go. start removing and someone shouts for me. so i looked up but at the same time carried on. Big mistake. when i looked back down i saw the cut and thought ahh its not soo bad. i carried on. then the blood came

came quite close to putting the chissel through the veins in my wrist haha

chris_h · Post by **chris_h** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:03 am

I really must stop looking at this section !!!!

fin · Post by **fin** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:18 am

haha its canny like. i had to have 3 stitches put in that. not so bad really.

Welsh Decorator · Post by **Welsh Decorator** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:04 pm

Done simmilar fin, only mine was my right wrist, whilst fitting a new pain of glass, cost me a severd nerve and 14 stiches, and all this in the process of a days work

fin · Post by **fin** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:06 pm

it was my right wrist lol. i was rather lucky like. blood spurted all up the chisel lol

chris_h · Post by **chris_h** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:24 pm

and I am asking you guys for advice ??????????????????????????

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:41 pm

I bet that smarted a bit

Welsh Decorator · Post by **Welsh Decorator** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:14 pm

Chris, mine was back in 1985! long before people gave a fig about PPE

fin · Post by **fin** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:03 pm

ultimatehandyman wrote:I bet that smarted a bit

it did make me almost be sick like haha. made the lad i was working with panic aswel haha

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:11 pm

chris_h wrote:and I am asking you guys for advice ??????????????????????????

Rossthedon · Post by **Rossthedon** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:39 am

i nicked my tendon about 3 months ago with a chisel. dumb ass apprentice mistake!
had to get an op

speed · Post by **speed** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:04 pm

nasty, i did same when i was younger but about inch higher up the hand, 6 stiches whoo alwaays careful now with chisels

feva · Post by **feva** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:05 am

done the same thing in the same place when i was 14 at school after the tech assistant going through how to use it safely!!!

chippytom · Post by **chippytom** » Sat May 30, 2009 8:19 pm

me too right pointer finger !!!! still got the scar

P.S the doctor that stitched my finger done the same thing doing DIY ( damage your self )

Dan Robinson · Post by **Dan Robinson** » Sat May 30, 2009 8:28 pm

I slipped with a jack saw once and went to the bone of my index finger by the middle knuckle.

Still had an an afternoons work booked in so wrapped bog roll around it and covered with electrical tape.

I was driving round the North Circular holding my hand up outside the van window.

Went to A&E after the then girlfriend freaked when I got home.

9 stitches and I still have only partial feeling on that finger.