Hi mates,

Safety first - we know too well, yet accidents still happen (or almost do).

Let's share those near-misses at our stations. What protective gear broke the accident chain for you? What are the lessons learnt? And do advise us all.

NB: Pictures may not be bad, but uphold your secrecy oath to your employer (if you signed any) as best as you can.

start with yours nigger

I was about 15 minutes away from the day's job, I was going to pull off my boot, walk in slip-on to the factory floor to check on the plasma cutting lads. I unlaced but just couldn't find my slip's other pair, so I dragged myself down boot on.

I came back up after inspection only to feel I had a stone locked in my boot ridge. All attempt to force it out by grinding it against the floor didn't work. And finally I took off my boot, looked under, only to find a molten metal had melted the sole and dug a hole 6mm dip.

Thanks to my boot. 1500 deg celcius metal would have eaten up my sole.

I would later find my slip on behind my shelf almost immediately after.