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Health and safety in the garden!

MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
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It appears I am becoming a bit of a liability in the garden nowadays, always tripping over, getting caught on and in bushes but on Saturday I had the misfortune to bend down and get the tip of a Phormium in my eye! I do occasionally wear safety goggles if I am knowingly going into, say, a Pyracantha or the like but I just didn't think give it a thought. Just wanted to warn others and say ....be careful out there!   B)
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  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Thanks for that Me-oh-my-eye!!! ;)   B)
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    edited May 2018
    My favourite trick is leaving my toolbag on the ground then catching a foot in the loop handle.  I did it again only this morning while working in the park.  I never learn.
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    Spent all afternoon in A&E yesterday after a stone flew out of the back of the lawnmower and hit me right in the eye. No long term damage luckily, Going to have to wear safety goggles to cut the grass in future!
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Jellyfire said:
    Spent all afternoon in A&E yesterday after a stone flew out of the back of the lawnmower and hit me right in the eye. No long term damage luckily, Going to have to wear safety goggles to cut the grass in future!
    I've got a mesh mask and ear defender combo for strimming and that's saved my eyesight so many times (as well as my hearing). It also defuses the splatter when I hit a slug hidden in the grass which is also nicer than wiping it off your face. They don't fog up like goggles or perspex masks and keep your face a lot cooler too.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Yip! I have the full regalia for strimming. I've been hit on the face a couple of times and it stings so I'd rather keep my eyes thank-you. 

  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    wild edges said:
    Jellyfire said:
    Spent all afternoon in A&E yesterday after a stone flew out of the back of the lawnmower and hit me right in the eye. No long term damage luckily, Going to have to wear safety goggles to cut the grass in future!
    I've got a mesh mask and ear defender combo for strimming and that's saved my eyesight so many times (as well as my hearing). It also defuses the splatter when I hit a slug hidden in the grass which is also nicer than wiping it off your face. They don't fog up like goggles or perspex masks and keep your face a lot cooler too.
    That’s a very good idea, might have to get hold of one of those. Has the added adavantage of drowning out the sound of the kids!
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    edited May 2018
    wild edges said:
    It also defuses the splatter when I hit a slug hidden in the grass which is also nicer than wiping it off your face. 
     :mrgreen:
    Utah, USA.
  • Jules41Jules41 Posts: 178
    Thank goodness I used an RCD cutout on the plug today - I was so busy looking at some little blue flowers on the lawn that the electric cable got caught in the strimmer 'blade' !!  I'll definitely never strim or mow again without one!😕
  • MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
    Glad to hear everyone is now taking the necessary precautions! Jellyfire, that must have been pretty scary! Wild edges, great mesh mask idea, did you make it yourself? Jules, haven't done strimmer cable yet but have done hedge trimmer cable! and Josusa47 as for tripping, yep all the time. Seriously though, I strongly recommend safety goggles because I have often bent down near canes (that I forgot I put there) that have managed to lose their little caps. Happy healthy gardening to one and all. :)
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I have very often sat on canes when dismounting from my raised beds. Certainly a PINA.
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