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Re: SAFTEY

To: "Jonathan Amo" <webmaster@landracing.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: SAFTEY
From: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:09:58 -0400
Jon

Glad to here your OK. Not a good situation. My prescription glasses have
unintentionally served as safety glasses from time to time. Have also been
times when I wish I had the real thing with side shields too. We all need to
keep the eyes protected.

John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Amo" <webmaster@landracing.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 9:07 PM
Subject: SAFTEY


> List,
>
> Once again dont forget about saftey this year, do not let your guard
> down one bit. We have heard a few unfortunates already on the list, that
> common sense and a little thought process could have avoided accidents.
> I speak from expierance, last Friday I was welding an exhaust system
> together and my wire feed got stuck, I removed my welding helmet and
> jerked the welding handle towards me and I got a piece of hot welding
> wire stuck the perimeter of my eye. I felt it hit and I immediatley
> squinted my eye shut. It burned and took a layer of skin off of my lower
> eye lid, my upper eye lid (from squinting as a natural reaction), the
> crease of my eye by the base of the nose, my nose and  I lost my
> contact.
> So everybody while you are working in your shops think saftey first and
> lets prevent these careless errors. I was very fortunante to not loose
> my vision in my right eye so lets be carefull and see you all on the
> salt during speedweek.
>
> Jonathan Amo
> www.landracing.com

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