/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Not nearly as exciting as many of these stories, but here's mine

>work at electroplating factory in a room that sanded and buffed motorcycle back rests.
>pic related
>train a new guy to sand
>wants to try his hand and buffing
>fuck it, i'll kill some time
>give a very basic explanation on the job, let my lead man go into more detail
>tell him if the buffer starts to pull the part away too much, to let it go and get away
>7.5hp machines btw and rather big
>week later
>working almost directly behind this guy
>hear the part hit the machine guard and look back
>part is mere feet from my head
>damn near get domed
>guy tried to hold onto the part and the prongs on the front rip open his arm
>blood everywhere
>takes the guy a good 10 seconds before he realizes he's bleeding everywhere
>blood trail all the way to the bathroom
>didn't even do a good job at buffing that part and I had to redo it

but then..
>I get injured outside of work that weekend and get laid off for about two months (broke my hand in a drunken fistfight and got some pins put in)
>transfer to their other plant down the road
>not even two weeks after starting there, they hire a new janitor
>same fucking guy

I also saw a different guy manage to stall out one of those buffers with his body while someone hit the off switch.