Date:         Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:56:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sad story
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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 RE: Job Safety
Many years ago I worked in a facility where, among other duties, I
maintained electronics racks each with a really beefy power supply feeding
them.  First thing in the morning, coming in the door, watches and rings
came off and went into your pocket.  One Monday morning the lead tech, ex
Navy and a stickler for safety, came in with his left hand all bandaged.
When we asked he explained he'd lost his ring finger on that hand over the
weekend.  He'd been working under his car and his wedding ring got caught
between the hot terminal of the starter and ground.  By the time he could
pull it free it had burned all the way into the bone, the doctors could only
amputate it.  (Vanagon content there, be careful working around ANY
electrical circuit).  I grew up in machine shops, especially the on in our
basement.  My father was a machinist all his life.  And very safety
conscious.  So I got a lot of things, not obvious, drilled into me early in
life.  And my father was one of the few in his trade during that time that
retired with all his fingers and both eyes, only one small scar on his cheek
from an exploding parting wheel.