poor guy.
bleeding out from an exploded grinder disk cutting a main artery is kinda noble but also pretty tragic .
He was 82 years old. He could have been on blood thinners and bled out.
I learned my lesson about blood stoppers long ago, campfire story maybe. I also have had close hand experience with those grinders more than once, having saved an employee from having to get transfusions once we got him to the ER after he let a wire wheel get into his forearm (super nasty), it was bad enough it stopped the motor. I carry a small pouch of Celox in my wallet at all times, and blowout kits in all my vehicles and boat, along with them being stashed in several places in the shops and the house. Also, one of my biggest things about working at home, or alone at all is keeping that damn cell phone on me, not sitting it on the work bench and getting under something or walking off.
Link for the lazy
https://www.amazon.com/Celox-2GM-Package-of-Five/dp/B00RC6ZGS6/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=quikclot&qid=1582213313&sr=8-7
its cheap insurance boys, like i said, ive seen it work first hand.
Being on Blood Thinners myself I usually keep Celox in my kit. I have used Styptic Powder that I use for the dogs nails. It stings like hell but it works.
We had an employee this morning catch his finger in a metal saw. He just got back from the doc-in-the-box, several stitches and some pain killers. He's back at work.
Worst thing about those grinders is when they shatter grinding disks and wire brushes losing wires. I've pulled enough of those out of my neck to wear a shield no matter how hot it is.
@BigMike - I think the real danger with the Thinners we are on are internal injuries due to head trauma or body trauma. I used to bleed alot more when they had me on warfarin. That stuff is nasty.
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