What dumb thing did you do today?

[fatjay]

For me it was a doosey. i was taking off the tiller and it was stuck. A few yanks and it came free, right onto my big toe. In flip flops. Instantly the nail filled with blood, and now a few hours later the pain has set in and I'm pretty sure it's broken. I think it's time to go to the ER.

 

[BrokenTrack]

If they will let you in. My wife has got kidney stones and they said it was not priority during the Black Swan nonsense that is going on.

It was not today, but yesterday, that I was filling my tractor by pail with a fuel can because we have no power here yet, and it was running the pto generator. It was dark out and very windy, so I was getting more fuel on the tractor than in it. I also had a flashlight since it was 3 AM, and put it on the hood to light up the area.

That vibrated down as I was pouring in fuel...then whap...whap...whap, right into the engine fan it went.

I probably should have seen that coming.

 

[Citydude]

For me it was a doosey. i was taking off the tiller and it was stuck. A few yanks and it came free, right onto my big toe. In flip flops. Instantly the nail filled with blood, and now a few hours later the pain has set in and I'm pretty sure it's broken. I think it's time to go to the ER.

Ouch. Heat a large sewing needle to red hot and poke a hole in your nail to let the blood out. It will relieve the pressure and pain.

 

[Jstpssng]

Ouch. Heat a large sewing needle to red hot and poke a hole in your nail to let the blood out. It will relieve the pressure and pain.

You beat me to it, although I've always used a paper clip.
To the OP, hopefully that's all that it will take to make your toe feel better. Even if it's broken I doubt they will do more than tape it to the next one.

 

[CalG]

For me it was a doosey. i was taking off the tiller and it was stuck. A few yanks and it came free, right onto my big toe. In flip flops. Instantly the nail filled with blood, and now a few hours later the pain has set in and I'm pretty sure it's broken. I think it's time to go to the ER.

Flip flops?.................. Farm machinery? Well, You can't fix ........

 

[Sonny580]

I wear steel toe work shoes around here ----seen too many guys get hurt going barefoot!

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't wear steel toes around equipment, there've been too many people lose their toes because of "safety" boots. Then again I don't own a set of flip flops.

 

[KennyG]

I like the composite toe safety shoes. They don't trap the foot (supposedly, I haven't tried it).

 

[fatjay]

Ouch. Heat a large sewing needle to red hot and poke a hole in your nail to let the blood out. It will relieve the pressure and pain.

that sounds absolutely terrifying to me.

 

[fatjay]

I don't wear steel toes around equipment, there've been too many people lose their toes because of "safety" boots. Then again I don't own a set of flip flops.

i know people who have done that too so i usually wear tennis shoes. but i was just out for my morning coffee and cigarette and wanted to pull off the tiller to assess the damage. done it many times before without issue, but it was stuck on something i couldn't see.