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From: Scotty on 7 Jun 2010 06:18 "PhilD" <replytonewsgrouponly(a)aussient.com.au> wrote in message news:oR0Pn.1476$Ls1.1228(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... : Similar to developing automatic braking in vehicles, someone is doing it for : circular saws. Don't worry if you're squeamish, there's no blood and gore. : : http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=E3mzhvMgrLE&NR=1 : : I have serious misgivings about this kind of technological protection when : there's really NO substitute for keeping your fingers away from the blade : anyway. I wonder about the companies response from their insurance provider : as to what happens if/when it fails and someone decides to sue as against : now they are probably well protected as the end user will probably always be : to blame. Another problem is when someone forgets which saw they are working : with. : : It's interesting to note in the video that the victim slowly puts his finger : up to the blade which is an unlikely real world situation, and what happens : with a hand held saw run across a leg (I know someone who did it). Maybe it : won't make it to hand held one's as the demonstrated sudden stop might be : quite hard to control. : : I can just imagine all the idiots who would just have to try it out as a : dare. : : PhilD : : I worked with a bloke that used to work in a kitchen manufacturers in Sydney. One of the blokes there hates his boss with a passion. This bloke was almost broke after his wife left him not that long before and he was about to lose his house. While at work at a band saw he purposefully got into an argument with his boss at the saw and infront of the bosses eyes he rammed his ring finger through the running band saw taking half of it off. He lost half his finger but gained the $10k for a workplace injury (Aparently he mustve done his homework as it worked out close to $5k per finger section). It was contested by the boss but as everyone knew that the boss hated him his testimony was thrown out and the bloke got his payout. Now, true or not, thats one pretty fucked up way to earn 10 large!
From: PHATRS on 7 Jun 2010 18:14 On 07/06/10 20:18, Scotty wrote: > I worked with a bloke that used to work in a kitchen manufacturers in Sydney. One of the blokes > there hates his boss with a passion. This bloke was almost broke after his wife left him not that > long before and he was about to lose his house. > While at work at a band saw he purposefully got into an argument with his boss at the saw and > infront of the bosses eyes he rammed his ring finger through the running band saw taking half of it > off. He lost half his finger but gained the $10k for a workplace injury (Aparently he mustve done > his homework as it worked out close to $5k per finger section). > It was contested by the boss but as everyone knew that the boss hated him his testimony was thrown > out and the bloke got his payout. > > > Now, true or not, thats one pretty fucked up way to earn 10 large! > > I'd pay more than $10k for good fingers, but I guess if I had nothing left I might give up a pinky. Ben
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