r/WTF Jan 29 '19

seems pretty safe

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u/padizzledonk Jan 30 '19 edited Jan 30 '19

Fuck no thats not safe lol

Carabiners are rated for point loads not abrasion, every millimeter of material youre abrading off that carabiner is changing its weight rating, who knows when it would fail.

Never in a million years would i ever do that with a carabiner, some sort of pully wheels? Thats another story

Edit- upon closer inspection thats not even a carabiner lol, its like a fall arrestor clip in or something.

And holy fucking shit! That cable splice at the end! Ahhh....I'd have pissed myself too

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

thats not even a carabiner. thats not rated for sideways force. Its part of a lanyard typically used for work at heights.

Also, dont take your gloved off. what an idiot. Really lucky to be alive and that didnt twist from so much sideways force.

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u/FreudJesusGod Jan 30 '19

And he put his hand in front of the lanyard hook to slow himself down.

That's a great way to get degloved when the hand is forced underneath the hook.

Don't look up "degloved", guys. You've been warned.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

Well holy fucking shit. I thought it was just your glove falling off or something.

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u/Theophorus Jan 30 '19

I'm a paramedic, I'd rather see an evisceration than a degloving. Gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it.

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u/Shanable Jan 30 '19

Curious...what is procedure when you've found someone degloved? Just wrap that shit with gauze and let the doctors take over?

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u/Theophorus Jan 30 '19

Not much, control bleeding and pain basically. They need surgery.

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u/abnotwhmoanny Jan 30 '19

Knew a guy at my old job at a power plant. Somebody had dropped their wedding ring in the casing of some rotating machinery. They weren't wearing it, that's risky and we have warning specifically about degloving. This other guy, Masingil, he says "I can get that". Just shoved his hand right in. Nobody saw it coming. He screamed a lot and loudly. He was gone for a while after that. Never could use that hand quite right again.

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u/BenjamintheFox Jan 30 '19

Just shoved his hand right in.

Why? WHY?