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Re: Safety
By:Ian Johnston
Date: 1/21/2001, 2:42 pm
In Response To: Dimensioning the thumb.... ouch! (Malcolm Schweizer)

Hi Malcolm,

Thank you for putting aside your embarassment and warning others of a dangerous situation.

We are all guilty at some point of disregarding some safety procedure, most of us are lucky enough to survive the experience intact.

At work a couple of weeks ago I ignored a safety precaution that I had used thousands of times in the past. As luck and fate would have it, this turned out to be the first time in my career that that safety precaution was really required. I had a 7 pound frame clamp whistle past my knee at a very high rate of speed. The only thing that saved my knee was pure luck. I would probably have needed major reconstructive surgery to repair the damage. I am betting that it will be a long time before I fail to observe even a minor safety precaution again.

I hope you heal quickly and return to building kayaks soon,

Ian

Messages In This Thread

Dimensioning the thumb.... ouch!
Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/21/2001, 5:39 am
Dimensioning Hand
Steve -- 1/25/2001, 11:48 am
Re: Power feed *Pic*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/24/2001, 9:47 am
Re: Power feed
daren -- 1/24/2001, 8:31 pm
Re: Power feed
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/25/2001, 10:30 am
Re: Power feed
Rehd -- 1/24/2001, 9:09 pm
biscuit joiners also eat meat
Don Bowen -- 1/23/2001, 6:48 pm
Re: biscuit joiners also eat meat
daren -- 1/23/2001, 9:25 pm
new safety technology
redhush -- 1/23/2001, 11:27 pm
Re: new safety technology
Geo. Cushing -- 1/24/2001, 4:55 pm
Re: new safety technology
redhush -- 1/23/2001, 11:49 pm
Re: Look Out, it's the Wet Blanket :O
Rehd -- 1/24/2001, 1:42 am
Re: Cool Video! *NM*
Spidey -- 1/24/2001, 12:08 am
Welcome to the 9 & 7/8 club... :(
Marcelo -- 1/23/2001, 4:05 pm
Re: Dimensioning the thumb.... ouch!
Lee -- 1/22/2001, 1:04 pm
Re: Dimensioning the thumb.... ouch!
John Monfoe -- 1/22/2001, 6:27 am
Re: I feel your pain
Steve L -- 1/22/2001, 8:43 am
Re: I feel your pain
bob -- 1/22/2001, 10:01 am
Re: I feel your pain
Rob Macks -- 1/22/2001, 9:43 am
Re: I feel your pain
Ed K. -- 1/22/2001, 2:56 pm
pic link
David Hanson -- 1/22/2001, 12:06 pm
Post Pics
David Hanson -- 1/22/2001, 11:33 am
Re: Post Pics *Pic*
Rob Macks -- 1/22/2001, 1:28 pm
Re: Post Pics
David Hanson -- 1/22/2001, 3:11 pm
Re: Post Pics
Rob Macks -- 1/22/2001, 1:32 pm
Re: Dimensioning the thumb.... ouch!
Spidey -- 1/22/2001, 12:43 am
Re: Dimensioning the thumb.... ouch!
Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/21/2001, 11:07 pm
Re: Dimensioning the thumb.... ouch!
Bob Deutsch -- 1/21/2001, 10:09 pm
Re: Dimensioning the thumb.... ouch!
bob -- 1/21/2001, 10:00 pm
Re: Dimensioning the thumb.... ouch!
Russ -- 1/21/2001, 9:52 pm
Re: Safety
Ian Johnston -- 1/21/2001, 2:42 pm
Re: Safety
Rehd -- 1/21/2001, 5:02 pm
Re: Hey Stubby!
George Cushing -- 1/21/2001, 11:13 am
Re: Dimensioning the thumb.... ouch!
Johnnie -- 1/21/2001, 10:58 am