Dang, that smarted!!

Posted by Goose on August 31, 2013 at 06:19:02 from (70.198.7.218):

Over the years, I've seen and heard all of the warnings about taking precautions against being injected by a power washer. Yesterday, I managed to do it.

I was cleaning off the north side of our garage with my gas powered, 2300 psi unit. Some water must have hit the ignition, 'cause the engine stopped. Checked the gas, had plenty of gas. As ya'll probably know, they start easier with the trigger pulled on the wand so you're not pulling against the pump.

I held the wand in my left hand and pulled the starter cord with my right. The engine fired right up, and somehow the wand got away from me and hit the palm of my right hand at the base of the thumb. My hand was only about 6" from the end of the wand when I got hit. Dang, that hurt!

Tore up my hand some, but not too bad. My wife was there, and I managed to shut off the engine. I assumed any water that had been injected into the hand would drain back out through the wound, and apparently it began doing so.

I've had wounds worse than that, and patched them up and went on working, but since this was new to me, we decided to go the the ER at our local hospital to be on the safe side. At the ER, they were more concerned about infection and when was my last tetanus shot than anything else. Anyway, they gave me a tetanus shot, patched up my hand with anti-biotic ointment, and sent me on my way.

From comments the nurses in the ER made, apparently this isn't an uncommon occurance. They'd all seen it before. But, like any accident, all it takes is one wrong move or one unguarded moment.

Replies:

• Re: Dang, that smarted!! Richard from SE AZ 22:52:12 08/31/13 (0)
• Re: Dang, that smarted!! Retired Farmer 11:56:04 08/31/13 (0)
• Re: Dang, that smarted!! Gambles 09:10:00 08/31/13 (1)
  • Re: Dang, that smarted!! Mike (WA) 13:00:02 08/31/13 (0)
• Re: Dang, that smarted!! Davis SC 08:02:46 08/31/13 (0)
• Re: Dang, that smarted!! ss55 06:59:39 08/31/13 (0)

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