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Ring avulsion is pretty scary too, and can happen with any metal ring.
by tshaddox 5y ago
Ring avulsion is pretty scary too, and can happen with any metal ring.
- oxfeed65261 5y agoI had to look this up: ‘Ring avulsion happens when a ring on one of your fingers is caught on an object and gets yanked off suddenly and rapidly. The force and pressure of the ring being pulled can strip off and damage finger tissues, including muscles, tendons, and bones. This is called “degloving.”‘ https://www.healthline.com/health/ring-avulsion https://www.healthline.com/health/ring-avulsion
- contravariant 5y agoAh, thanks, those are the kind of search queries that I'm somewhat apprehensive about. Especially with search engines that think it's a good idea to immediately show you images if they think you're searching for something visual. Thankfully the article you linked doesn't contain any images.
- xupybd 5y agoYeah my work mate wears a silicone band at work after almost losing a finger. I still wear my gold band but am rethinking it.
- tshaddox 5y agoThe silicone bands are pretty popular in the “outdoors” community too (hiking, rock climbing, etc.)
- jacquesm 5y agoTry finding a machinist that wears jewelry. Either they have yet to learn a painful lesson or they will have learned it directly or indirectly (colleague, machinist friend). That's one thing you learn to respect in a hurry: no jewelry near rotating machinery.
- tshaddox 5y agoI've only spent a very small amount of time around woodworkers, but I imagine that scarves are a big no-no as well. ;)
- jacquesm 5y agoAnd loose clothing, gloves, ties (I once saw a visiting salesguy almost lose his head in a demonstration lathe), in fact anything that can end up where you don't want it to. Similar advisories hold for printing presses, farm equipment and so on. Printing presses are particularly nasty because they tend to be so spotless that you can't tell if they're rotating or not by looking at the surface.