Thread: Hard to watch such foolishness.

Originally Posted by Camelot

I clicked on their Instagram page and from the posts they've made it seems they are a commercial Furniture and Fitout company based in Iran and make some nice pieces.

H&S will not be the same in Iran and they will probably think what they do is normal practice, so they can lose fingers at work where they can earn enough money to buy a loaf of bread or they don't work and steal food and lose an hand if they get caught.

Camelot

Iran may be one of those countries where typically it will be the left hand. This serves the double purpose of leaving you slightly armless and a social pariah too, because now you have to clean yourself with the right hand, which is also the one with which you eat. An unacceptable situation.

On the other hand ( ) that saw seemed to cut very nicely.

Regards
Paul

Its well worth pointing out stupid stuff people do no matter where it is in the world. Even if its Just so young players can learn what not to do. Its a great way of learning and remembering.

I wonder if its the boss pushing the wood through that spindle moulder. It'd want to be.
Or is the boss doing the filming?

All the idiots have to do is make a timber bridge guard to cover the in feed and out feed plus the blade. And a sled with a stop to hold the pieces with a pressure bar of wood or toggle clamps to be able to feed the stuff through with hands no where near the danger area. And maybe more than just one clamp each side holding the angled board.
An hour more to set it up right and you reduce the risk of losing fingers or a hand by 99 %.

Id say they are just inexperienced and just waiting to learn the hard way. Hopefully with just a close call.

You can see at the base of the machine they have already cut a pile of the same part.

The OP stated in "see translation" "it was a dangerous and not recomended." And something about "showing it because of the ungratefulness of some workers" I What does that mean ? It could be the translation?

Having in the past spent some time in South East Asia, an six months in India, and a month in Bangladesh.

In some circumstances the individuals all most get glee from showing how close they can work too machines, almost thinking it’s a game.

I watched several individuals who were at the point of boasting had not the language barrier be present about how “Skilled” they were with equipment that was just “Stupid”

It’s not always true with Poor third world people, sometimes it’s just plan Stupid.

Cheers Matt.

Originally Posted by jack620

Well said. I'm constantly amazed at the number of first-world people on forums that mock the safety standards of people in third-world countries. That guy is probably going to lose a hand before he dies and a lot of people will say it was just Darwinian theory at work. You don't have to spend long in a third-world country to see people with missing limbs and horrible facial burns. I'm pretty sure they don't wake up and say "how can I injure myself today". But everyone loves a good internet pile-on right?

My gripe is that there are no filters for or moderation of "unsafe" content. Just churn it over to make a squillion on social media platforms.

When we go back 200 or so years, before unions I guess, so called first world countries were no better with working conditions, near slave labour, including child labour, unguarded belt driven machinery, saw blades etc. Simply have a look at the history of industrialization in the UK, USA etc. Working conditions, safety, machinery guarding have thankfully improved a lot since then.

In the clip the users were smart enough to design and build a ramp and fence to facilitate the cut angle. I'm sure they are smart enough to work out that machinery bites rather aggressively so its a good idea to place a guard over blades, cutters etc.

We are not perfect angels either as if we are honest we would admit to performing tasks in the past that would certainly not pass the eagle eye of a WH&S inspector.

ps with that setup in a catch situation the amputation would be over in a flash. Perhaps you can get away with it for say MDF then a worker puts a natural board with a knot through it. Bam! It's all over.