I was working on a sewage grinder pump for a 100 unit complex yesterday. I had the pump locked out and tagged out, I was working with it open and running an inspection camera to look at impeller blade damage with my hands inside the impeller outlet. My apprentice unlocked and powered the pump on while I was on top of it. It had a fair bit of untreated sewage inside the housing still and when it got turned on it flung said raw sewage, now nicely ground up into small manageable pieces, directly into my face, overalls, hair, down my shirt, and partially open mouth as I was talking to another apprentice to grab me some tools.
I spent the rest of yesterday getting multiple vaccinations, and filling prescriptions preemptively as the doctor I saw expects me to get ill from this. It’s almost 8am the day after and I am already feeling pretty bad so the dr was right, it seems.
And I didn’t even enjoy this one.
Can you explain more about how it happened?
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I was working on a sewage grinder pump for a 100 unit complex yesterday. I had the pump locked out and tagged out, I was working with it open and running an inspection camera to look at impeller blade damage with my hands inside the impeller outlet. My apprentice unlocked and powered the pump on while I was on top of it. It had a fair bit of untreated sewage inside the housing still and when it got turned on it flung said raw sewage, now nicely ground up into small manageable pieces, directly into my face, overalls, hair, down my shirt, and partially open mouth as I was talking to another apprentice to grab me some tools.
I spent the rest of yesterday getting multiple vaccinations, and filling prescriptions preemptively as the doctor I saw expects me to get ill from this. It’s almost 8am the day after and I am already feeling pretty bad so the dr was right, it seems.
Yesterday was a shitty day for me pun intended.
What a crappy situation to be in ☹️. I hope you don’t get too unwell from this and recover quickly