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Hard to see- the hose was dripping- and it blew off and threw what looked like gallons of fluid in the 10 seconds it took to get to the switch. Pic does it little justice- there's fluid on my tractor, all over the ground...
Holy cow that could have been way worse that it was. You're very lucky.
Next time I split thing I'll cover my hoses with something ...act like a absorbing like armor. Maybe a layer of cardboard that will redirect the hot fluid away from me.
I'll have to do some tonight since the last time was last fall for checking the hoses. Oil change coming up before winter and the fluid levels are fine.
good points. In addition to the obvious risk of being hit by oil or flying hose end, oil injection into/under the skin is very dangerous.
NEVER feel around hoses looking for pinhole leaks while under pressure.
Petroleum oil injected into the body basically migrates rapidly and dissolves the fatty connective tissue of the cells. Not just in the wound site, but it spreads all over.
The pics appear to be fake or cadaver tissue, but they are not.
Doesn't have to be much either. We had a field machine operator prick himself in palm of one hand with an oring pic which injected very small amount of an active fluid. Within hours he was airlifted out to major hospital and had several surgerys but did save the arm, but permanently disabled.
How does anyone manage to survive long enough to die of old age natural causes.......
I spent three years working on Chinook helicopters and covered with hydraulic fluid most of that time. Forty one years ago.
Glad the hot stuff didn't bite ya Pants. The hoses on my 1988 splitter are looking like it is time to change'em. That original Luberfiner filter looks like it could use replacement too. Before it rusts through.
Had a hose blow out on me last year. Like you, about 10 seconds to shut it down. Had my back turned to the oil spray & after I shut it off, heard a little poof & turned around & the oil all over the motor caught fire. Didn't think this 61 year old body could move so fast as I had to run around the garage, into the back & back out with the extinguisher.
Al
Return hose popped off? At least it's not a lot of pressure. Mine blew off shortly after I got it. The yoyos that put it together didn't bother to put a nipple on the hydraulic tank. They just jammed the hose on the 1/2" male pipe fitting and clamped it. The sharp threads cut thru the hose. I took a pic and went back to TSC. Manager gave me the proper fitting, and a couple gallons of oil.