Wedding Rings and Tree Work

[TMW]

The picture is a bit graphic, but makes the point that wearing jewelry can be hazardous.

The picture is from a slide presenation on Safe Rigging Practices.

 

[Colin]

No rings for me!

 

[Kman]

These are exactly the injuries I'm worried about and Tims picture is a graphic illustration of it! I like the key biner idea and I think that is what I'll do. When I'm in the tree my key biner hangs in the truck so there should be less of a chance of loosing it.

 

[cory]

That is one of the grossest pictures I've ever seen.

I wore mine for about 1 week and it didn't feel right re safety, so I haven't worn it since.

Heck I almost lost my pinky (with no jewelry on it)getting out of the truck when it got wedged between the cab handle and the cab, all my wieght was going forward and down, I was kinda in mid air, and it let go at the last millisecond, otherwise it would have been torn off from my bodywieght.

 

[UrbanTC]

After seeing that picture, I am taking mine off and never putting it back on! I have had a ring on through two marriages and never had a problem, but that picture just scared the hell out of me.....

 

[TC]

Looks like it would have slotted back on just fine, then attach some leeches to the finger sock and get the blood flowing through again, no harm done.

 

[DMills]

That's exactly what happen to my friend. Pulled the skin right off.

 

[jim454]

Won't wear it, wife is fine with it

 

[inztrees]

Get it inked then youll never have to get cough or lost

 

[Raven]

Yep, the tattoos work great for me and mine. We actually got trees inked into our ring fingers after I had a rather nasty incident with the engagement ring getting caught between a log and a sawmill deck, leaving me with a gaping hole in the back of my wrist.

The tats just scream "everlasting love", if you're into that kind of thing. If not, then you maybe you should rethink your wedding plans.

 

[surftree]

I usually do not take off my ring. now i will

 

[RogerM]

yeoowch!

 

[VermontWoman]

Keith,

When I was working at Stan Hunt's, one of the guys jumped off the log truck, caught his ring on one of the wire ends of the mesh stuff on the ladder rungs, hung there a second, then, thankfully, came down to the ground with a good, deep cut all around his ring finger. We had to find sidecutters to cut the ring off as it started to swell right away. Took a real long time to heal. Not good. It made an impression on me early on, that's for sure!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Years ago I was taking an advanced first aid class. One evening during class I was thumbing ahead in the book. When I got to the chapter on wounds I turned the page and saw 'avulsions' That was the first time I had ever seen the word and didn't know what it meant. When I turned the next page there was a NASTY picture of a snagged ring. At the time I was married and I slipped the ring off my finger in class. That was the last day that I wore it while doing any field work. My wife [ex] wasn't real happy but I would wear it when we went out.

 

[Colin]

Yeah, that Ax Man guy with the claw hand knows what that word means, too.

Bleagh.

 

[treehumper]

Irony of irony, the instructor for the safe work practices course was missing his ring finger. Came down a ladder and missed the last step, ring snagged and his finger stayed with it.

Ring comes off and stays with my street glasses till the end of the day.

 

[rfwoodvt]

We have a no exposed jewelry rule for our people.

At first I didn't particularly care one way or another until one day as I was chunking out a spruce a small nubbin of a stub caught under my ring as I let fly.

it was about a 70 pound chunk and derned near yanked me out of the bucket.

Anyhoo it was a close call, broke skin and actually bent the finger bone (it straightened on its own)

So now, we have have no jewelry policy except that wedding bands and religious items may be worn on a chain, provided the chain is long enough to ensure the ring and stuff will remain well under the shirt.

At first there was worry about snagging the chain and hurting someone but we found that even the stainless chains used on the Catholic Madonna medalions would readily open up when snagged. So as long as they stay tucked in it shouldn't get snagged.

We've done it this way for about 5 years now and no long chains have been snagged to date. Shorter chains, however do snag easily so we don't alow them.

 

[jmcscrap]

Check this out, Makes me think twice now about taking mine off, or at least wearing gloves more often.

 

[jmcscrap]

The ring is still under the skin.

 

[Rocks_and_Trees]

I learned a long time ago not to wear rings when climbing. I've lost my wedding ring twice because I was always taking it off.(never replaced it after the 2nd time) It irked my wife, but I tell her at least I have a finger to put a ring on. That picture is disturbing...I'll make sure to show it to her.