I’ve cut rings off at work…
One of the former owners of my house suffered hydraulic oil injection due to a leak in a hose. He lived and went back to work, although he was still leaving oily fingerprints for a while afterwards.
It's a real thing and can easily be mistaken for a puncture wound. Because most hydraulic hoses have wire under the skin it can feel like you were poked with a protruding wire. So it is brushed off as nothing.
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Although not as serious, an injection injury from a high-pressure washer is a bad thing too.It's a real thing and can easily be mistaken for a puncture wound. Because most hydraulic hoses have wire under the skin it can feel like you were poked with a protruding wire. So it is brushed off as nothing.
The human body can't get rid of the oil that is in the tissue. Untreated it becomes serious quickly. Any liquid injection is extremely dangerous.
I can tell you think it is a joke. If your 'former owner" truly had an injection injury he didn't get over it without medical attention.
Newer diesel engines with common rail injection that can have rail pressures as high as 50,000 PSI are a new hazard. They tell you that if you think a component like the rail might be damaged to replace it rather than take a chance with it.
This is one of many articles easily found on the subject. Immediate and proper treatment is critical.
Hydraulic-Injection Injury: Insidious, Potentially Devastating
Injection a risk at pressures as low as 100 psi
I don't think it is a joke at all. He did get medical attention, and for a while they thought he would die.It's a real thing and can easily be mistaken for a puncture wound. Because most hydraulic hoses have wire under the skin it can feel like you were poked with a protruding wire. So it is brushed off as nothing.
The human body can't get rid of the oil that is in the tissue. Untreated it becomes serious quickly. Any liquid injection is extremely dangerous.
I can tell you think it is a joke. If your 'former owner" truly had an injection injury he didn't get over it without medical attention.
Newer diesel engines with common rail injection that can have rail pressures as high as 50,000 PSI are a new hazard. They tell you that if you think a component like the rail might be damaged to replace it rather than take a chance with it.
This is one of many articles easily found on the subject. Immediate and proper treatment is critical.
Hydraulic-Injection Injury: Insidious, Potentially Devastating
Injection a risk at pressures as low as 100 psi
I've also been cautioned about using homemade air nozzles. If there is too much pressure you can end up with air where you don't want it.
I didn't try googling it but know there are some instances of horseplay and compressed air that turned out badly. Stick an air nozzle in the back of someone's pants when butt crack is showing sort of thing. You can imagine the result if the compressed air enters the body. I have/was always warned of the dangers of compressed air. Even though they say not to do it virtually everyone has used an air hose to blow dust and crud off themselves.
Okay, I misunderstood your response then.
I had a friend who blew a chunk of the palm of his hand out at a car wash. He was holding a rag and wanted to "wet" it to scrub something. Water hit his palm and made a nasty divot. While water isn't a hazard in the same way as other fluids it can certainly do damage as well.
High pressure anything is dangerous! High voltage is really high-pressure electricity. Same with air, dangerous at high pressure.
I have dusted myself off with compressed air being careful to not blow air under my skin. However, my risky behavior was to pinch my finger and thumb together and blow a stream of air between them to make a squealing sound. If you haven't tried this, it's fun! Dangerous too! You've been warned. Maybe air did get injected without me knowing it, and that's why I'm such a bubble-head.
