I worked at a boat manufacturing plant & a new paint guy got a kink in a gel coat hose, he grabbed it with both hands & straitened it out & the hose ruptured & cut off 3 of his fingers. I believe the pump was running around 4000 psi.
We use special hydroblast cleaning where I work - 40,000 psi pressure. Nope, not a misprint, 40,000! One wrong move and that will cut a man in half. All work is done remotely by robotics. It will literally cut thru metal.
My home unit easily puts out over 1000 psi and will etch the concrete if I spray the same spot too long. Yeah, bad choice for the asshat trying to steal the pressure washer.
I've worked with truck mounted 10,000 PSI capable hydroblast rigs cleaning equipment in refineries. They could cut a 2x4 in one pass. 40,000 PSI is nearly unimaginable.
BTW, with that same rig, on extremely low pressure, took a line mold in the thigh. River water. Ballooned my leg right up. Was on heavy antibiotics for awhile. The colors my leg turned were amazing!
back in the day, we had shop class. safety was always first part of any tool talk. My old man also did a great job teaching me and my brothers about safety. I suppose we also learned from the school of literal hard knocks. I recall my brother telling the story of one time he was "helping" the old man with some electronic repair while soldering, my brother was to hold a wire while it was being tinned. He dropped the wire because it was hot! My dads advice? "don't say ouch, use pliers". You see, he let my brother learn the hard way - in a way where he would not be so severely wounded in action as to get my mom involved.
Mainly, it is common sense. Think about what could go wrong and plan accordingly. Wear safety gear when warranted (especially to protect the eyes). Etc.
"as much power as a hyena bite."
ReplyDeleteNo word if that is a metric or standard hyena
If that water jet broke the skin and had any kind of poisons or chemicals in it, he could very well be in for a rough time.
ReplyDeleteEven without that, the chance of infection is high
DeleteGood thing they didn't use it as a colonoscope.
ReplyDeleteOn a jobsite I watched a young'un (employee) try to drink from a pressure washer. It blew most of his teeth through his cheek.
ReplyDeleteI worked at a boat manufacturing plant & a new paint guy got a kink in a gel coat hose, he grabbed it with both hands & straitened it out & the hose ruptured & cut off 3 of his fingers. I believe the pump was running around 4000 psi.
ReplyDeleteWe use special hydroblast cleaning where I work - 40,000 psi pressure. Nope, not a misprint, 40,000! One wrong move and that will cut a man in half. All work is done remotely by robotics. It will literally cut thru metal.
ReplyDeleteMy home unit easily puts out over 1000 psi and will etch the concrete if I spray the same spot too long. Yeah, bad choice for the asshat trying to steal the pressure washer.
I've worked with truck mounted 10,000 PSI capable hydroblast rigs cleaning equipment in refineries. They could cut a 2x4 in one pass. 40,000 PSI is nearly unimaginable.
DeleteBTW, with that same rig, on extremely low pressure, took a line mold in the thigh. River water. Ballooned my leg right up. Was on heavy antibiotics for awhile. The colors my leg turned were amazing!
back in the day, we had shop class. safety was always first part of any tool talk. My old man also did a great job teaching me and my brothers about safety. I suppose we also learned from the school of literal hard knocks. I recall my brother telling the story of one time he was "helping" the old man with some electronic repair while soldering, my brother was to hold a wire while it was being tinned. He dropped the wire because it was hot!
ReplyDeleteMy dads advice? "don't say ouch, use pliers". You see, he let my brother learn the hard way - in a way where he would not be so severely wounded in action as to get my mom involved.
Mainly, it is common sense. Think about what could go wrong and plan accordingly. Wear safety gear when warranted (especially to protect the eyes). Etc.