Wood lathe

[Ahall]

I was a temporary to permanent job placement specialist manager in Kansas after I retired LE.

I had gotten word one of my employees was planning on using his at-work radial arm saw to cut off a finger to get compensation. The guy who told me this had seen him practicing the deed and asked him WTF he was doing. He confessed what he was planning to do.

I nipped that in the bud (pun intended) by talking to his employer before I fired him.

Had he done it, I suspect he would have found out his finger was worth a lot less to the workman's comp carrier than it was worth to him.

Most of the standards for guarding on woodworking machines are very old and rather limited.
Its hard to make a strong case against the manufacture of the tool, and the employer is usually shielded by the workman's comp statutes.

 

[Snattlerake]

Had he done it, I suspect he would have found out his finger was worth a lot less to the workman's comp carrier than it was worth to him.

Most of the standards for guarding on woodworking machines are very old and rather limited.
Its hard to make a strong case against the manufacture of the tool, and the employer is usually shielded by the workman's comp statutes.

My contract was during the temp to hire, I paid the work comp payments. Nuh uhh brother, not on my watch. Guy was a scrote anyway. I black-flagged him to all people who called about his past employment records. I told them exactly what he planned to do while I employed him. I then left it up to them.