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Joined: Nov 2002
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I can understand sparky's point of view. The bureaucrats are digging their spurs in deeper every day.
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Paul, Them ELV supplies can be pretty ferocious when they get short-circuited. In some respects they are just as bad as High Voltage, safety-wise.
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we're banned from wearing any metel jewelry that may come into contact with electricity,that said we have guys with piercings??!!!! ie eyebrow rings and the one that really cracks me up --a nipple ring--ouch!! god help him if he comes into contact with current! its a strange world!! regards pete
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Sparky: but my ring is small, imbedded, and probably less a hazard that glasses, zippers, I can understand about not wearing metal jewelry on one's person. After all, one doesn't need rings, watches, earrings, "body" jewelry, etc. But I NEED my glasses!! I'd be more dangerous without them! (MAGOO, YOU DID IT AGAIN!!!)
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>But I NEED my glasses!! I'd be more dangerous without them! Whatch what you write, someone might start demanding contact lenses instead of glasses in the workplace [This message has been edited by C-H (edited 05-08-2003).]
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Speaking of eyeglasses, are those retaining strings required on jobsites?
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No! Not contact lenses!! Every self-respecting electrician knows there is the on-the-job danger of welding your contact lenses to your eyeballs! ;-) “An electrical worker, wearing contact lenses, throws a switch...” Alas, it’s another urban legend embellished over time. About 20 years ago a US trade rag—EC&M—even published an article insisting that the claim was false, and cited a response from some “official” institution for contact-lens marketing, or the like. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/cornea.htm
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I can understand about not wearing metal jewelry on one's person Sven, my point is that there is a big difference in legislating safety vs. what is simply held as good practice. I find many in the safety biz (and make no mistake , it IS a biz in this country*) would focus on the ring, while ignoring much else of obvious conductable caliber *Read up on the ergonomics fiasco for instance.....the coercion of OSHA via fortune 500 lobbyists to trash small biz is ALL that was....Now what say i choke up a new angle, call it my constitutional right to wear a religous ornament on the jobsite?
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For all you skeptics, the famous "Ring Picture" is readily available at Safteng.net. Joe T. could provide a quick link. Or.. Go to safteng.net, and choose "shocker photos", then "hand injuries". There are several "ring incidents". WARNING... Visit BEFORE eating! [This message has been edited by Redsy (edited 05-09-2003).]
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Scare tactics are the common selling point of most safety related issues, i dare say that the sound-bite, bumper sticker mentality has spawned many a beuracracy, and probably will continue to do so.
so tell me ....
how many here use wooden fold-up style tape measures on the job?
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