Mickwhitt 5,114 #1 Posted January 2 Well, I've seen it all now! I seen a peanut stand, I seen a rubber band. I seen a house fly, I seen a horse fly. But I done bout seen, most a evathing, When I see a bunch of guys in an iron foundry, casting lathe beds, wearing flip flops or saying to hell with footwear, I'll do it bare foot! https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/topic/lathe-bed-manufacture/#post-773986 Mick 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 51,690 #2 Posted January 2 I don't know if you FB Mick but they have these short vids called reels of what I can only assume as third world places where workers are doing dangerous tasks. Pouring molten steel, blowing glass & machining often with make shift equipment. You guessed it... in bare feet with no other PPE. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_Mac 9,302 #3 Posted January 2 I seen some guys in Michigan doing the same thing. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 28,311 #4 Posted January 2 2 hours ago, D_Mac said: I seen some guys in Michigan doing the same thing. @Pullstart's custom design ppe flip flops: 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 7,772 #5 Posted January 3 9 hours ago, WHX?? said: Pouring molten steel, blowing glass & machining often with make shift equipment. Like those 'S' hooks they picked up their big crucible of metal with..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 66,591 #6 Posted January 3 I’ve got a buddy who is addicted to watching these. He thinks it’s so crazy that no PPE is ever used, but we have cities dedicated to safety enforcement like OSHA, Wisconsin! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beap52 1,390 #7 Posted January 3 When we lived in the Philippines twenty years ago, there were automotive battery rebuilding shops. Usually a small building along side a road where men would pry the tops off of batteries pour the contents on the ground or the ditches along the side of the road. They would then replace the plates and put the batteries back in service. The ground around these shops had to have been poisoned and was always bare. I often wondered how long these guys lived. Tee shirts, shorts and flip flops was the norm of clothing. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 14,569 #8 Posted January 4 I'm gonna put a nasty pic on here fellas. Only to make a point: other than a back injury, a dang toe nail is about the most sensitive injury I can imagine. I told my wife that childbirth was nothing compared to my poor toe. I was lucky she didn't stomp on my foot! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill D 2,246 #10 Posted January 4 7 hours ago, kpinnc said: I'm gonna put a nasty pic on here fellas. Only to make a point: other than a back injury, a dang toe nail is about the most sensitive injury I can imagine. I told my wife that childbirth was nothing compared to my poor toe. I was lucky she didn't stomp on my foot! How did you do that? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 14,569 #11 Posted January 5 11 hours ago, Bill D said: How did you do that? I was running with my kids whilst wearing a pair of crocs. Just stubbed my toe, and the nail was so messed up that it had to be removed. Took about a year to grow back. No shoes for over 2 months! My point was you'd better protect your feet. It think it would have healed faster with less pain if they had removed the whole toe! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
