Posted By Laurie I have a rather nasty wound on the inside of my wrist, right in the middle of all those brightly coloured blood vessels. This wound was caused by a power drill which suddenly cut through a piece of metal I was holding, shortly after I had told myself that what I was doing was silly, and I was likely to damage the blood vessels in my wrist if the drill suddenly broke through! Question - When asked what I've done to my wrist, do I lie, or admit that even so called safety professionals do silly things? Laurie

Posted By Heather Aston Laurie Lie, say your kids' hamster/rabbit/cat/dog/horse bit you. More than your job is worth to admit you weren't following a safe system of work! :) Heather Who never does anything silly like that at home - well except that one time......

Posted By stuart cross Tell the truth but embelish the story :-) stuart

Posted By gburgess Say you were attacked by a gang of thugs whilst undertaking some charity work. You managed to fight them off without getting injured then whilst walking home you rescued a cat from up a tree and slipped and hurt your wrist. Luckily the injury was not serious enough to deter you from keeping your wits and being able to talk a bloke down from a high building where he was threatening to jump from. Whilst jogging to the hospital to get your wound seen to you pass a house which is ablaze, you enter the building and single handedly carry out all five members of the family including Spot the dog. You finally make it to the hospital where your wound is dressed and you are sent home. It doesn't hurt to tell the odd little fib. Greg

Posted By steve e ashton We all learn from experience - its just less painful when the experience is someone else's. You now have a learning experience that you can use to help others avoid the same or similar... Own up, and tell the truth. Steve

Posted By Bill Bircham Laurie, The learning here perhaps is why you, a knowledgeable person in this area, put himself in such a position to be able to receive such an injury! Turn the answer to that question into the explanation about your wrist when asked. Alternatively, wear long sleeves! Regards Bill

Posted By Stuart Nagle Laurie. Did no one tell you..... ....You're supposed to take your watch off your wrist before attempting to repair the clasp on the wristband.... ...your wife still has not noticed all the drill holes on the inside of her gold rings yet?.... ....why be bothered to drive the 1/2 mile to B&Q to get another rose for the watering can.... when you can make one eh!!... ....do it yourself first aid practice can be achived without the actual injuries..... ....so your drills are sharper than you thought eh!!..... ....you should have bought the bench vice you were looking at, but were too tight to spend the money on!!..... ....Theres no fool like an experienced health and safety officer..... ....you should try practicing what you preach mate!!..... and finally..... OUCH.... I bet that hurt....your sense of professionalism!!!.... better lucj next time laurie. PS: I'me sure theres a do it yourself suicide kit you can get without adopting half arsed measures..... Stuart