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Teen's Arm Severed in NY Eatery's Pasta Machine
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| April 27, 2014
| Boston.com
Posted on 04/27/2014 11:46:10 AM PDT by windcliff
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Poor kid. I wonder if he'll get worker's comp for life.
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posted on
04/27/2014 11:46:10 AM PDT
by
windcliff
To: windcliff
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posted on
04/27/2014 11:48:18 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: windcliff
Note the phrasing -- "employee ... has severed his arm"
That's different from when an "SUV kills grandma" or when a "gun kills toddler". In those incidents, humans are not at fault, unlike when an innocent pasta machine has to stand by while an employee severs their own arm.
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To: windcliff
>employees are trying to figure out how the machine got activated while he was cleaning it.
My guess is it was still plugged in or the breaker was energized. Stupidity wins this round.
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posted on
04/27/2014 12:02:29 PM PDT
by
soycd
To: soycd
In the sawmill I worked at they had lockout procedures you had to follow. Sometimes they were a pain but overall a good idea.
To: windcliff
Why was he brought from upstate New York to Boston?
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posted on
04/27/2014 12:08:26 PM PDT
by
Andy'smom
Don’t even ask the origin of the dish “Johnny Marzetti”.
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posted on
04/27/2014 12:10:08 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
Same here. They locked out the power and tagged everything so that even the biggest of morons would know not to go near it.
Table saws were dangerous enough when used properly. Seen a person ripping a 2X4 in half and it kicked back and punched a hole in the wall.
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posted on
04/27/2014 12:13:25 PM PDT
by
Yorlik803
( Church/Caboose in 2016)
To: Andy'smom
it's closer than NYC...
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posted on
04/27/2014 12:17:14 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: windcliff
Companies making machines like this take safety very seriously. I once testified in an industrial accident where the injury occurred after the operator enlisted the help of two co-workers to circumvent safety features built into the machine. Sad, but stupidity sometimes has a heavy price.
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posted on
04/27/2014 12:18:54 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: windcliff
Could have been worse. NEVER order the peckeroni pizza there.
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posted on
04/27/2014 12:21:49 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: windcliff
I worked at a large butcher shop as a teen. I calculated that for the career-guys there, they averaged one lost finger for every 5 years of work.
It was a real motivation to further my education.
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posted on
04/27/2014 12:21:51 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: PGR88
I put in equipment in a plant like that where you could estimate tenure by missing digits. I guess if you lose all 10 they give you a gold watch and retire you.
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posted on
04/27/2014 12:22:59 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: windcliff
“I wonder if he’ll get worker’s comp for life.”
For a start, but nothing will buy him his arm back.
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posted on
04/27/2014 12:31:23 PM PDT
by
jocon307
To: jocon307
For a start, but nothing will buy him his arm back.”
In the meantime we have members of our military who have lost arms and somehow manage to adjust without the benefit of lifetime worker’s comp or suing anybody.
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posted on
04/27/2014 12:53:39 PM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: Grams A
I don’t want to be contentious but the situations aren’t equivalent.
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posted on
04/27/2014 1:08:45 PM PDT
by
jocon307
To: windcliff
How big of a pasta making machine is this??? They must be making oodles of noodles!
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posted on
04/27/2014 1:41:23 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: windcliff
What was he doing? The restaurant should know that machines should be cleaned by employees older than 18.
Wonder who is at fault? OSHA is going to be involved.
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posted on
04/27/2014 2:03:20 PM PDT
by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: windcliff
Oh no, it's Ronny Cammareri all over again...
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posted on
04/27/2014 2:26:11 PM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
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