Unusual Electric Shock Injury

[TerraHertz]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/2014/01/25/08/57/electrocution-leaves-stars-in-man-s-eyes
Electrocution leaves stars in man's eyes

Not funny at all. But it sure is hard to avoid making puns.

[electron_misfire]

wow, that is the weirdest injury from electricity i have seen, including getting stabbed by component leads.

[SeanB]

I have had a few HF burns that left scars, but nothing like that. He was lucky to survive with most of his things intact.

[wilheldp]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/2014/01/25/08/57/electrocution-leaves-stars-in-man-s-eyes
Electrocution leaves stars in man's eyes

Not funny at all. But it sure is hard to avoid making puns.

It's purely semantics, but unless the guy is dead, he didn't get electrocuted.  Electrocution = dead.  He got shocked.

[Rick Law]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/2014/01/25/08/57/electrocution-leaves-stars-in-man-s-eyes
Electrocution leaves stars in man's eyes

Not funny at all. But it sure is hard to avoid making puns.

It's purely semantics, but unless the guy is dead, he didn't get electrocuted.  Electrocution = dead.  He got shocked.

Yeah, but you are talking about news media: It doesn't have to be true, it just has to grab eyeballs.  Merely shocking just doesn't do it.

[nctnico]

I'm not very interested in looking at the pictures. I'm just wondering: are his eyes still working?

[amyk]

Somewhat, according to the article.

(And that is a seriously creepy injury... something about those scars just disturbs me.)

[N2IXK]

I have had a few HF burns that left scars, but nothing like that. He was lucky to survive with most of his things intact.

HF as in high frequency or hydrofluoric acid?

[TerraHertz]

I have had a few HF burns that left scars, but nothing like that. He was lucky to survive with most of his things intact.

HF as in high frequency or hydrofluoric acid?

Probably high frequency. I don't think people tend to survive hydrofluoric acid burns. Rather they die from fluorine poisoning.

[minibutmany]

wow, that is the weirdest injury from electricity i have seen, including getting stabbed by component leads.

I once stepped on a resistor and it went all the way through my toe.

[PedroDaGr8]

I have had a few HF burns that left scars, but nothing like that. He was lucky to survive with most of his things intact.

HF as in high frequency or hydrofluoric acid?

Probably high frequency. I don't think people tend to survive hydrofluoric acid burns. Rather they die from fluorine poisoning.

Actually you can survive hydrofluoric acid burns but often it involves the loss of limbs because the HF eats the bones through your skin. Basically, it fluoridates the bones to the point the bone tissue "dies" and the body starts reabsorbing it. It used to be not uncommon to encounter fluorine chemists with missing parts. Thats some dedication to science I DO NOT possess

[N2IXK]

I once stepped on a resistor and it went all the way through my toe.

I got you beat there.  I once stepped on a TO-3 power transistor, lying pins-up on the floor.  And I was barefoot at the time...

[SeanB]

Knocked a hand drill off the table once when I was around 14, and caught it with my big toe. Stood there for a few seconds, then bent down and picked up the whole lot, undid the drill bit then hopped to the garden tap and washed my foot ( barefoot at the time as usual) and then considered it a while then unsrewed the drill bit from where it was through the joint of my big toe. Bled a lot, so wrapped a cloth around it, then went in and took 2 Panado. then put Aussie Safety shoes on and carried on. Was a little sore for the next week until it healed, still have the bump on top and bottom.

Broke the same foot in basic training, and it still hurts every so often. There went to the medic and took the alternative of a month of paracetemol instead of the plaster cast and 6 months of physio. Aussie safety shoes again for 2 months instead of boots and light duty. Still did PT, I would have had to be on crutches to not do that.

[Macbeth]

I once stepped on a resistor and it went all the way through my toe.

I got you beat there.  I once stepped on a TO-3 power transistor, lying pins-up on the floor.  And I was barefoot at the time...

Wow! That sounds almost as bad as treading on the dreaded Lego in your bare feet!

Quite how Dave manages to wander around his hoard in bare feet I don't know?

[wiss]

Stepped an 8dip into my heel once, pulling it out was far more painfull...

[Phaedrus]

I like how this transitioned from "Did you hear about this electrocution story?" to "I stepped on a pointy thing once!"


My turn: I was walking around a house construction site and stepped on a nail that went through the sole of my shoe... then clean between my big toe and the one next to it (index toe?). Close call. Had a cut, but no puncture.

[pickle9000]

I remember one back in the 70's where an auto mechanic stopped his heart with 12 volts. He was under the vehicle and had one hand with an open wound (holding on the chassis), the other hand had a wrench in it and he apparently punctured that hand on the starter solenoid, blood path for the current.

[NiHaoMike]

Actually you can survive hydrofluoric acid burns but often it involves the loss of limbs because the HF eats the bones through your skin. Basically, it fluoridates the bones to the point the bone tissue "dies" and the body starts reabsorbing it. It used to be not uncommon to encounter fluorine chemists with missing parts. Thats some dedication to science I DO NOT possess

It's funny how the fluorocarbon industry calls their fluorocarbon refrigerants "safer" than hydrocarbon refrigerants. Expose them to fire or other source of high temperature and they'll turn toxic. I read a story of some workers in a restaurant who complained that the gas stove was making fumes that made them sick. The problem was traced down to a nearby refrigerator that was leaking refrigerant, which turned toxic as it decomposed in the gas flames.

It doesn't help that the latest fluorocarbon refrigerant is flammable.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/12/uk-europe-cars-refrigerant-idUKBRE8BB0HE20121212

[XOIIO]

Wow, it's a shame his eyes got damaged, that would be a really awesome story to tell, and it would look really cool, bet it would definitely grab people's attention.

definitely neat though.