Glass carboy related safety failure today

[Beerswimmer]

I'm putting this out here for you so you can have something to think about when handling glass carboys. This morning I started to get ready to do a spirit run using low wines and some backset. I was in my garage that was close to 100F and 100% humidity, wearing only a pair of shorts. My garage has a cement floor. I measured out my backset and poured it into my keg thumper with a plastic bucket and a funnel. I then poured my heavy carboy completely full of low wines into the keg. This is a slow job due to glugging, the heavy awkward carboy, and I was sweating. I finished pouring it all in and went to put the carboy on the ground.......and it slipped about 6 inches before the floor and shattered. Maybe it was wet from the low wines, maybe it was sweat on the carboy. I stared at the pile of glass and then felt warm liquid on my foot, and looked down to see a 2 inch slice in my foot pouring and pulsing out blood at a fast rate. I didn't feel anything. I immediately applied pressure and grabbed a rag nearby to replace my hand. My wife came in and saw the blood and threw me more towels and got ready to take me to the ER if needed. I had her grab me an Isreali bandage, I'm an EMT, and I applied it with a lot of pressure and got the bleeding under control. I have since cleaned it and applied Neuskin and clean gauze and everything is fine. I was very ready to go to the ER though. It's approaching needing stitches, but not quite. I was lucky that I only got a small cut, it could have been much more serious.

Lessons learned: 1. Wear leather boots or shoes and pants when dealing with a potentially slippery glass carboy over concrete. 2. I'll be buying carboy carriers, the black webbing variety to help with handling. 3. Keep adequate first aid items in your home that can keep you alive to get to the ER, and be sure that your spouse or other family members knows where they are kept. 4. Review your safety mishaps and try to find solutions.

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