Today I learned the hard way my garage is woefully il-equipped to handle any kind of medical emergency. I decided it might be a good idea to fire up my generator since I hadn't run it since last Spring. After fighting with it for several minutes it still wouldn't start(yes, I had it outside the garage) . Fearing the gas may be a bit stale, I decided to grab my 7 gallon container and fill it up with fresh fuel. That container is a bit awkward when full. I fed the nozzle into the gas tank and started filling it up. For some damn reason the nozzle popped out of the gas can spraying gas onto my clothes, face and into right eye. To make matters worse, I was wearing contact lenses. I usually take them out and wear glasses in the shop as it isnt good to have contacts in my eyes in the garage as fumes etc can be absorbed into them. Being in a bit of a hurry today I didnt bother to take them out. So, not having a eye wash bottle in the garage, I dashed out of the garage with one eye closed, stinging like a biatch and ran the 80 feet to my deck, up the stairs, into my house and up another flight of stairs to the second floor washroom where we keep one of those eye wash cups. I peeled the lens out of my eye (ouch!) and soaked it for a few minutes in the eye cup. No permanent damage I think but it still stings 6 hours later..
This was a real eye opener (no pun intended) for me. I'm going to buy one of those eye wash bottles and it might be a good idea to stock a first aid kit in there as well....
Be carefull guys!

  Todd