Need injury photos for student project

[TomPhoto]

Hello everyone,


I’m currently building a collection of DIY-related injuries for a student photography project exploring the recent surge in DIY, why we love to build (and the ups and downs that come with it)


I’d really appreciate any photos you’d be cool with sharing (along with the story if your open

 

[thomp1983]

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Thread 'How often do you injure yourself?'

5 Nov 2025

As thread title really,

Today I caught the end of a finger in a table saw resulting in a fracture to the end of the finger and the tip being a bit of a mess.

5 months ago I caught another finger in a chop saw but that was just a deep cut so not too bad.

Aside from that I've not had a power tool accident in quite a while, I get the normal run of the mill cuts and knicks from tools and machinary but I think that goes with the job as a maintenance engineer.

So I guess I'm asking how often do you find you have accidents that's lead to having to stop what your doing to deal with.

Thanks...

• thomp1983
• Replies: 46
• Forum: General Discussion

Couple of pictures in there including mine

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

exploring the recent surge in DIY,

What recent surge in DIY?

 

[TomPhoto]

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Thread 'How often do you injure yourself?'

5 Nov 2025

As thread title really,

Today I caught the end of a finger in a table saw resulting in a fracture to the end of the finger and the tip being a bit of a mess.

5 months ago I caught another finger in a chop saw but that was just a deep cut so not too bad.

Aside from that I've not had a power tool accident in quite a while, I get the normal run of the mill cuts and knicks from tools and machinary but I think that goes with the job as a maintenance engineer.

So I guess I'm asking how often do you find you have accidents that's lead to having to stop what your doing to deal with.

Thanks...

• thomp1983
• Replies: 46
• Forum: General Discussion

Couple of pictures in there including mine

Thanks for this, you havent had much luck hahah, do you have any idea of other forums I could ask? or know any other peoples stories with photos?

 

[TomPhoto]

What recent surge in DIY?

Since the pandemic

 

[foxhole]

Don’t hit you finger with a mallet .

 

[foxhole]

Jumped over a low wall and didn’t see the digger bucket in the up position .

 

[foxhole]

Decorating ,stood on a stool to reach the ceiling but forgot about the low shelf , compressed spine , paralysed below neck for a few minutes , few days in hospital before I could walk properly .

 

[securespark]

Wow.

That's grim. Must have been very worrying.