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Don’t water a grease fire, don’t try to replace with a garage spring. What are some OTHER potentially life-saving tips? (reddthat.com)
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)
  • Never ever stand next to a loaded chain or a rope when something is being towed or dragged. - If, and eventually when, that thing snaps it will cut you clean in half or cause a very painful injury;
  • When messing with wires that might be powered never use both of your hands. - If you get shocked you reduce chances of serious injury significantly;
  • Never wear gloves and too long sleeves when working with rotary tools. - If a tool catches your apparel it will pull the rest of the hand into it;
  • Don't enter steel containers that only have top hatch (like boat anchor chambers and similar). - Process of rusting is consuming oxygen. Entering such room which has no ventilation is deadly. There's no time to even notice something is wrong and you'll just pass out and die;
  • Avoid painted parts on the road when riding anything on two wheels. - During the summer this is not a problem, but making a habit is a useful thing. The very first rain or frost will make painted parts be as slippery as ice;
  • Always assume everyone in traffic will kill you. - There are no safe assumptions. If a person has turn signal on, only certainty there is that they have turn signal on. Don't assume they are turning. Wait for them to start their action, then react. This is especially important if you are cycling or riding a motorcycle;
  • Always obey the traffic rules, even if there's no one close by. - Rules are set in place to make everyone behave in predictable manner. The fact you didn't see anyone doesn't mean there's no one around and doing something unpredictably can kill you. One stupid example is when someone lets you merge but they have right of way. Doing such a thing makes it a very dangerous situation to everyone else who have no idea what to expect.
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For your second point: If you suspect lines are live, you shouldn’t be messing with them at all. And don’t trust those little AC detector probes that light up and beep when they detect power nearby. Electricians call those widowmakers, because the apprentices will trust it, it fails to detect power, then the apprentice gets shocked because they think they’re working on dead lines when they’re actually live.

If you absolutely must check it without a proper multimeter, use the back of your hand, not your palm. It will cause your muscles to clench when you get shocked. So using the back of your hand will cause you to flinch away from the shock; If you use your palm or fingers, there’s a good chance that your muscles will contract around the wire and you’ll be “stuck” to it until someone else kicks you off.

Lastly, if someone nearby is being shocked, don’t grab them to pull them off. For the same reason as stated above. Your muscles will all lock up as soon as you grab them, and you’ll get stuck too. Kick them off instead. Kick hard. Like a full blown Sparta kick. You need to kick so hard their hands are ripped away from whatever they’re locked onto. Or if they’re not in a place you can kick them away, take off your shirt, twist it up, loop it over their shoulders, and pull. And again, you want to pull so hard you knock them completely over and rip their hands away from the electricity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wholeheartedly agree with the last point specifically. I once had a dude stop on an intersection to give me the right of way... while I was waiting for a RED STOP SIGN. This dude stopped in the middle of an intersection to allow me to run a red light, like this wasn't a multi lane thing where he was the only lane giving me a 'pass' to run a red. I just looked at him until he decided he'd waited long enough.

Dude. Just go. The light will go green for me, I can wait 20 seconds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I had that during my exam for motorcycle license, except it wasn't a stop light, just regular intersection and we were both joining road with right of way. He was so set on letting me pass before him because I was wearing highvis vest with L on it and had a car behind me. Good for me, and him, I knew better not to listen to him and didn't do anything until the cop from the car said it was okay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Excellent instinct I'd say!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks, but I think it was mostly common sense and I have heard a lot of stories how someone failed their exam because of silly things like these. I had a friend who failed because he "endangered cyclist" on the road, but he claims he left enough space when overtaking. In reality law only states that you should leave enough space for cyclist so they are not hindered. In my head that means change the lane, others thought it was okay to pass closer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Quality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A lot of people forget about not wearing gloves with rotary tools. All of those diy channels on youtube wear them when using a drill press and it makes me die inside.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Indeed. Sometimes when I watch people working with wood I honestly wonder how they still have all the fingers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

With regards to your container bit: don't enter ANY confined space, regardless of where the egress is, without a lifeline and someone on the outside watching and ready to pull you out, preferably two or three people. Make sure THOSE people do not enter after you to get you if something goes wrong - chances are they'll just wind up dead as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, plenty of gasses can accumulate on closed spaces but I've seen far too many documentaries about people dying with simple rust causing lack of oxygen.