Good read here
Lol, well I stuck it out like.
This is an incident hopefully others can learn from. A saying comes to mind.
"Know safety, No Pain. No Safety, Know Pain!"
I don't always live by this but I try more and more the older I get.
Technically all accidents can be avoided with extreme bubble boy mentality.
As for real world, most can be avoided. I like "enrich" see accidents every day. Some minor, some tragic and most can be avoided.
From a bad sliver where gloves could of been worn, or a foot caught in a loading dock. (I saw this one a few weeks ago). I showed up and this mans foot was caught in a hydraulic lift. I pushed the control button to release the stuck man. He stood up and said thanks. He was standing and said it was sore but feels much better. The fire department arrived and took off his shoe. 4 toes were crushed. The man tried to refuse going to the hospital and said hed be fine. SHOCK! Fire department forced him to go. Probably lost his toes. This could of been prevented easy as be was trying to beat the lift.
As for safety switches, devices, contraptions, I do like our government collecting all injuries and how they happened and trying to protect us from ourselves. Some may be a little overwhelming and or expensive but if it saves lives, limbs etc its probably cheaper. After walking in my cousins basement, his house is old and it shows back in the day, the electrical wiring is exposed on ceramic pucks through the joists. I am glad they have since upgraded electrical codes.
We can say many safety devices that we are thankful for. I can only think of 1 off the top of my head that frustrates me. The seat switch in my tractor. It's very sensitive! My wife is 5'2" and can't drive my tractor. She is not tall enough with the seat all the way forward to push on the pedal without the seat switch thinking there is no operator and shutting off. This switch will need to be altered. I won't remove or bypass is but I need to make I less sensitive.
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