cutting yourself on a burr

[RyanR]

what should you do if you cut yourself on a burr while cutting copper pipe? Why?

 

[Ric2013]

Expanded question:

What might the negative effects of having a cut finger in a working environment be to yourself, other workers, the premises, and your customer? How might you mitigate these negative effects?

 

[gmartine]

Some surgical spirit and skin glue seems to solve the majority of my injuries...'cept when I fell off a roof.

 

[Chuck]

what should you do if you cut yourself on a burr while cutting copper pipe? Why?

Well I'd probably not log on to a plumbing forum to ask for advice before stopping the bleeding. IIRC, you need to apply pressure to stop the bleeding as your first move.

Depends a bit how bad the cut is. Are we talking 'ouch' or 'WTF, where's all that blood coming from and why is my finger flapping around like that?'

 

[Aquarius]

what should you do if you cut yourself on a burr while cutting copper pipe? Why?

Keep it away from flux, because it stings and probably wouldn’t be wras approved anymore.

 

[oz-plumber]

Wrap the cut in duct tape or electrical tape.
Not too tight, just enough to close the skin flap and reduce the bleeding.
( the tape won't stick to the skin because of the blood )

Keep on working.

That's what I did when doing a job for a customer 150 km away from anywhere that could help me.

It probably needed stitches, but the tape got me through the next 2 days to finish the job.

 

[Ric2013]

Wrap the cut in duct tape or electrical tape.
Not too tight, just enough to close the skin flap and reduce the bleeding.
( the tape won't stick to the skin because of the blood )

Keep on working.

That's what I did when doing a job for a customer 150 km away from anywhere that could help me.

It probably needed stitches, but the tape got me through the next 2 days to finish the job.

But don't put the adhesive directly on the cut (put the first section on inside out), so I am told anyway.