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ooooooooooooolivia t1_j1ti8g7 wrote

Whatever position it was stuck in probably resulted in a lot of stress.

You or the next guy, there's likely no way to avoid an explosion. However OP, while this wasn't a FU, your lack of PPE certainly was, and you're lucky not to be in the ER with a shard embedded in your foot

If you have tools out, then safety goggles and shoes are the bare minimum imo. Don't be the guy who lets his overconfidence get in the way of the fact that accidents can and will happen to everyone

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MrFergison t1_j1thlj5 wrote

Do worries OP. The glass used for shower doors are made to shatter. If it shattered, that means normal glass would've broken into larger chunks that could fall on someone and do some real damage. They're built to shatter as a safety feature, because the small bits normally wont do more damage than some light scratches if they hit you.

The cost to fix can suck, but if it was warped/stuck it was going to happen to the next person who tried to move it.

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Internal-Car8922 OP t1_j1tcclt wrote

This is a really thoughtful response. Thank you! I had my first gout attack over twenty years ago. I have mainly controlled it by diet. But I love fish and usually get in trouble by going overboard with it. But it is normally a mild attack and quickly resolved. This time fish was only one of the combined factors of stupid that have earned me the second worse attack I've ever had.

Maybe the concept of a "cheat month" was very poorly conceived....

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cacarson7 t1_j1tc75m wrote

Don't beat yourself up over this at all, OP. As someone who has installed many tempered glass shower doors, they are known to occasionally explode for no apparent reason. The guy I work with had a brand new one explode in his hands while he was installing it, much as you described. Depending on the age of the door, you could call the manufacturer and/or installer to see if it might be under warranty.

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