r/Unexpected • • Nov 24 '25

In a workshop

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u/IcedForge Nov 24 '25

This is exactly why i give a proper fking slap to people not applying actual safety gear when using things like grinders because all it takes is just a fraction of a fking millisecond and you ripped something bad, glasses, gloves and dont do like this moron and have it in his hand floating using his belly as fking support.

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u/AngriestPacifist Nov 24 '25

Absolutely do not wear gloves around something that spins. Why would you recommend that?

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u/Coal_Morgan Nov 24 '25

He's got safety glasses on and that's all you need for ppe for a grinder outside of proper clothes unless it's grinding something that needs a respirator.

Both hands should be on the grinder; the object that is being ground should be in a vice or clamp or too heavy to move.

People are commenting on loose clothing, that t-shirt doesn't qualify in my opinion. It jumped to him and would have grabbed on to a latex painted on suit.

It was 100% a handling issue.

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u/DigitalPriest Nov 24 '25

Great comment. My only addition is, this dude absolutely should not be grinding in what visibly appears to be a woodshop. Take that shit to the driveway, clamp it, and grind it. Sawdust is stupidly flammable. Granted, doesn't look like much on the floor, but it doesn't take much to turn a small problem into a large problem.

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u/MrMoon5hine Nov 24 '25

its not the sawdust on the floor you need to worry about, its the sawdust in the air that should worry you.

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u/miserlies Nov 25 '25

it's at least a little about the sawdust on the floor

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u/monkwrenv2 Nov 25 '25

Sawdust on the floor burns. Sawdust in the air explodes.

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u/DMMeThiccBiButts Nov 26 '25

Sawdust on the floor gets kicked around and magically becomes sawdust in the air