Comment by vkou
7 months ago
How many expensive false alarms are you willing to accept, per serious injury avoided?
I'm no expert in this, but I'd say 'definitely way more than one'.
7 months ago
How many expensive false alarms are you willing to accept, per serious injury avoided?
I'm no expert in this, but I'd say 'definitely way more than one'.
And many people have experienced those ratios.
Most people would rather go bankrupt than lose a finger. Fingers are kind of important. If I can choose to keep my house or my finger, I’m definitely choosing the finger.
So just divide the average net worth of a saw operator by the cost of a saw to get how many saws a finger is worth.
Really? I would definitely rather lose a finger than go homeless. Homeless people have far, far worse life outcomes than people with missing fingers.
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Many older woodworkers lost fingers often multiple fingers in multiple accidents.
So, the risk is really quite high here.
The guys I've seen lose fingers were all sleep-deprived and working flat out. The biggest risk to site safety is sleep deprivation and physical exhaustion.