I guess I have been pretty lucky working on cars. The only injury that springs to mind was this:

I was tightening the stupid side mount battery cable on one of my diesel suburbans with a very small wrench. It was the plus cable. The little wrench touched the fender and instantly welded itself to the fender. Stupidly I grabbed it and tried to dislodge it as it was providing a dead short, even as I was gripping it it instantly turned red hot and burned my fingers....not to worry about the wrench continuing to provide a dead short as if a few seconds it melted into nothing.

My fingers had nice black marks on them like a grilled hot dog. It smarted a litte but in the end was not a serious burn and in a few days it was gone without much suffering.

Kindof a wierd little thing.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.