Well 2 weeks ago I was working on the frame of my project car and I just happened to use the grinder once without my safety glasses. Well I got a piece of metal in my eye. Naturally me being a dumbass I waited a day before going to the doc. So here is the cost breakdown of this mistake.

1. Urgent Care Copay $100, they didn't fix it but managed to scrape on my eye with a needle for about an hour
2. Hospital ER Copay $100, they used a drembel tool and ground on my eye for another hour. Then refered me to a specialist and $20 in drugs. Still not fixed
3. Specialist Copay $35 X 6 visits = $210. I had to see him everyday for 6 days, still not totally fixed and $35 in drugs. Reason being cause I waited a day and in that time the metal started to rust...

So 2 weeks later I have another appointment tomorrow with the specialist for another $35.......

Total cost of not wearing safety glasses = $465....

OH and if anyone has never screwed up and damaged there eye it feels like a midget is using your nuts as a speed bag, but the pain is in your eye.... Good news it that the specialist says there will be no permanent damage.. Needless to say my parents and GF have grounded me from the garage, Damit, I am 29 and grounded....

 

ouch that really sucks. Glad to hear no permanant damage though.

 

Yup! Glad you didn't suffer permant damage!

 

Thanks, but the thing that really pisses me off is the $35 Copay to the specialist everytime I go. The first time he did some tweezer work. but the other 5 times all he did was remove the patch look at my eye and put some drops in it put on another patch and say "Ok, see you tomorrow".

 

Gotta love medical professionals... $35 a sit down. Hell, if I had $35 every time someone came in my office with a question or to review engineering packages, I'd be at happy hour everyday.

Glad it's nothing permanent. Got three pair of safety glasses in my shed. I have no excuse for not wearing them.

 

must be somethin about mustangs and eyes. about a month ago i was grindin on my buddy's 67 mustang and got a piece of metal stuck in my eye. bad thing was i didnt realize i had anything in my eye till i took my contact out and it hurt like hell.

 

I know the feeling about metal in your eye. I had metal in my not once but twice. You would think i would've learned my lesson the first time

 

Man, that **** happened to me a few months ago. I was fine for about a day and then I started to lose sight in my right eye. I was lucky, it was only a small piece of metal and was washed out at the ER.

 

I would have to raise hell because they are just followup visits.

 

That doesn't even include what the insurance is paying him. Opthamologists are some of the highest paid doctors...you don't even want to know what they make...