Posted by Ryan - WI on December 18, 2011 at 18:30:12 from (66.114.188.148):
In Reply to: Safety Nazis **PICS** posted by JD Farmer on December 18, 2011 at 14:24:48:
Many, many people feel that safety precautions are a waste of time and companies and government overstepping their bounds. I would invite anyone who is of that belief to visit their local ER or physical therapist and ask those patients if they think safety is a waste of time. Better yet, visit the local funeral home and ask the lady wearing black who is standing next to the casket.
I don't have a dog in this particular fight but as part of my job I teach my students safety procedures for wood, metal and auto shop. You better believe that I hit it hard and mean it. If you break a safety rule in my shop you get reminded. Break another and you are sitting for the day. Is the failure of a hydraulic jack a once in a million? Sure is. Do you want to be under the car when that one in a million happens? Will the total of 5 hours worth of time that you saved in your life not going to get jack stands be a good trade off for not being able to walk again?
While many things that people bemoan safety regs and equipment for are one in a million occurrences that does in and of itself prove that those accidents do indeed happen. They are once in a million, not never in a million.
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