Comment by Dylan16807

7 months ago

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.

    • A specific person isn’t the average homeless person who tend to be dealing with addiction, physical or mental illness, past incarceration, etc.

      So talking about the average outcomes of a random homeless person doesn’t really apply here.

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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.