Tom,
Thanks for the reminder and I am glad that you were not seriously hurt. Many of the
people on this list perform procedures that have a risk factor and as Chuck said, we
run the risk of not fully respecting the risks.
Most people learn from their own mistakes, I now have no problem remembering to use
safety glasses at a drill press after a small drill broke and hit me in the face about
1/4 inch from one of my eyes ( nor will I ever again free-hand cut on a table saw).
Hopefully we can all be wise enough to learn from the close calls of someone else
also.
-Roger
Tom Yang wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I recently experienced a bad accident that I hope you will all learn from.
> A friend and I were trying to start a '65 Plymouth Barracuda that had not
> been started in 3 years. After the usual checks of the motor, I took about
> two ounces of gas and poured some down the carburetor. After almost startng
> immeadiately, I poured a little more gas, in hopes to prime the fuel pump.
> I backed away a bit as my friend cranked away some more. This time the carb
> backfired. Startled, I jerked back spilling what gas I had left on my hand.
> The heat from the backfire was enough to ignite the spilled gas on my hand.
> I received second degree burns on my fingers from the three seconds of
> flame.
>
> The sobering thought of all this is how many times before my friends and I
> started cars in this manner. I absolutely agree it's the WRONG way to do
> it, but it takes an incident like this to realize the stupidity of this.
> After sharing this story with many of my car-nut buddies, I felt that if
> this can be a lesson for all of us that there's room for all of us to raise
> safety up another couple of notches.
>
> I've had many years of working on old cars without incident, and I guess
> this was a wake-up call. I hope everyone on this list uses my accident as a
> cheap lesson for more saftey!
>
> Tom
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