The danger of wearing a ring?

[Ten Hammers]

Thomas I have more than once cold forged a wedding ring back to round and over the years this works well. I have observed removals of rings in ER and it is a fairly simple procedure normally but sometimes is ugly.

[mcraigl]

Wore mine in half at about year 4, so I've been without one for 18+ years now. love Jewelry, have a nice Seiko watch that I wear all the time, except when I'm working in the shop. Then it comes off and either goes in a pocket or gets left on the nightstand.

[Nick]

I always take my wedding band off when I'm in the forge, mostly because it's .999 silver and tongs would wear right through it (plus a desire to not let it get caught on anything). One day while I was outside the shop I took it off and must have missed my pocket. Never saw it again, though I looked for months before I finally broke down and made a new one.

[Black Ink]

I was just at a safety meeting a week ago and I wish I had thw pic to show, but a man had slipped of a latter and caught his ring it peeled the skin back and wedged itself under the skin his skin looked like a loose sock.I've also had problems with chemicals reacting with the gold.I've been married 3 years and honestly cant tell you where my ring is.

[philip in china]

I was married for 20 years. Wore a wedding ring and never had any money for tools etc. Got divorced, stopped wearing the ring. Had money for tools again. A while later got married again. Wore a wedding ring and had no money for tools again. There seems to be a direct connection although I can't figure out how it works.

[markb]

Electrician here, no rings, learned at at a young age coming down a ladder, hanging by a finger.

[blafen]

Originally Posted by agsolder

Most unpredictable/accidental ring accident I've heard about was a guy doing a tin roof with a steep slope, lost his footing on the ladder, caught his ring finger on a nail head and lost it....

this is the story my shop teacher told us about rings and jewelry etc. in the shop and i really didnt believe him, until now.