burn safety

[Soundguy]

just went to see a buddy of mine.. he was taken north to shands burn hospital for 2 days.. now transfered back here local.. he's a golf course equipment mechanic at one of the local courses. I talk to him a few nights a week and we trade stories on parts and tractors and stuff...

he was working on some kind of grass vacume machine with a rear engine.. wouldn't start.. he pulled air cleaner off carb I guess to see if throttle linkage and all was working... someone keyes it over while he was still half inside the shell.. fireball shot out.. caught his shirt, right arm full to shoulder, left arm up to elbow, and a piece of his scalp and right eair on fire.

he was thrown back, shirt was polyester and burned up and fell into shreds...

25% burn coverage.

he's loosing alot of skin.. but they don't think he will loose any fingers.. though the right arm took the full hit as he shielded his face with it.. left arm got it tearing his burning shirt off..

when I saw him today, he said they just cleaned his hand. skin came off like a translucent glove he said..


be carefull!!!

soundguy

 

[Coyote machine]

Really sorry to hear about your friend. Unfortunately accidents do sometimes happen; it is so unfortunate for those to whom they happen. I hope the outcome is good for him and his poor family.
Send him best wishes from the TBN members.

 

[Soundguy]

yeah.. gruesome. I tell you guys.. you DO NOT want to be burned.


I talked to his wife last night before seeing him today... he has some special cream and pain meds... ugh.. poor guy.... he makes his living with his hands.. I hope he keeps them... right is BAD....

 

[creekbend]

I sincerely wish the best for your Friend. Hopefully he will have a speedy recovery and the outcome will be positive. In regards to Shands, if he is at the Shands hospital in Gainesville, he will most certainly be attended to professionally.

 

[k0ua]

yeah.. gruesome. I tell you guys.. you DO NOT want to be burned.


I talked to his wife last night before seeing him today... he has some special cream and pain meds... ugh.. poor guy.... he makes his living with his hands.. I hope he keeps them... right is BAD....

So sorry to hear about what happened to your friend. Send him our best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery.

James K0UA

 

[Soundguy]

I sincerely wish the best for your Friend. Hopefully he will have a speedy recovery and the outcome will be positive. In regards to Shands, if he is at the Shands hospital in Gainesville, he will most certainly be attended to professionally.

yep, he went to the burn center in g-ville

 

[Don87]

yeah.. gruesome. I tell you guys.. you DO NOT want to be burned.
I talked to his wife last night before seeing him today... he has some special cream and pain meds... ugh.. poor guy.... he makes his living with his hands.. I hope he keeps them... right is BAD....

Give your friend our best.

And you are correct, you don't want to be burned..........it ain't fun. I've been there. My shirt was melted into my skin, lost all the hair on the left side of my face and neck, skin just fell off when it was touched.

Ya ain't gonna believe this part though, it happened on a Saturday afternoon..........I used Gold Bond Medicated Ointment........went to the doc on Monday. Doc said "I've never in my career seen burns as bad as yours heal that quickly, keep using that Gold Bond.

I have no scarring whatsoever.

 

[rsewill]

Burns are the worst. I hope he does well.

 

[nwngunner]

The infections that you get from burns like that is insane. Also the pain from what i told is like nothing else. I pray for the best for your friend.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Thoughts and prayers going out to your friend.

 

[greasemonkeyok]

I tell you, if you really want to leave a useful gift to society when you pass on, a donation to the burn unit of a good hospital can't be beat. Most of the other charities don't stand up to what a good burn unit does for humanity.

I had a wealthy friend that was going to leave a significant sum to her church, until I pointed out they would likely spend it on stuff to make the building fancier. Didn't take much thought for her to realize the benefits of giving it to the burn unit of the church's hospital - a well recognized top notch facility.

 

[Soundguy]

i hope to go see my bud tonight.. will post an update if I see him.

 

[Soundguy]

just talked to pete, my burned friend.

so far not going to loose any fingers or his ear.. no infection.. yet...

 

[sandman2234]

Burns can be really bad, and always painful. As a kid of three, I got third degree burns on my left leg, which required a lengthy hospital stay and skin grafts. I was in the hospital for six months, and physical therapy for over a year after that. Amputation of my leg was seriously considered with strong opositions from my family. They won and I got to keep my leg, though I was in for some serious pain and rehab. I retained scars from the skin removal for over 20 years, and will always retain the scar where the skin was grafted to cover the fire damage. I will always carry the scars, but was lucky that except for minor growing pains, after the intial hospital stays and three trips a week to the physical therapy where they try to kill you while teaching you to walk again (or so it seems) I walked out with very few problems.
Anyone going thru a burn has my sympathy, and respect if they can make it thru.
Good luck to your friend, if the burn is as bad as you noted, he is going to need it. If there is anything he is going to need, it will be a good friend to keep him sane.
David from jax

 

[creekbend]

just talked to pete, my burned friend.

so far not going to loose any fingers or his ear.. no infection.. yet...

Hopefully, his condition will continue to improve. I wish him the best, and this comes from the Bottom of my Heart.

 

[pat32rf]

Years ago when I was doing electrical service work they kept giving us polyester uniform shirts. For some reason our purchasing dept could not realize what might happen in a flash fire. I would often wear cotton over or under or instead of my uniform when spending the day on live equipment.

 

[Soundguy]

A friend of mine got burnt with 350 degree asphalt right in the chest. He was off work for a year and he told me that you didn't ever want to get burnt like that. The pain was UNBEARABLE. The pills only keep you goobered up for so long and eventually you gain resistance to them and need more to counter the pain.

Tell your buddy to hang in there, it will get better, in time.

yep. that asphalt is hot stuff.. I cen remember leaning over the side of a spreader dropping it in a pull box to do cut / patch repair jobs. 350-400' stuff will give you a radiant burn like a sunburn just from the heat coming off it from a few feet!

 

[Looking4new]

The stuff is hot enough to cook corn and potatoes in. Just wrap it in tinfoil first.

 

[jonyyuma]

Years ago when I was doing electrical service work they kept giving us polyester uniform shirts. For some reason our purchasing dept could not realize what might happen in a flash fire. I would often wear cotton over or under or instead of my uniform when spending the day on live equipment.

Now the new shirts are cotton and treated with flame-RESISTANT chemicals..No polyester allowed with the New Flash Arc regulations..This helps prevent burns and melting shirts to body.They are not approved for fire fighting or welding.... Noticed a few mechanics have them too, but not sure if required??