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And even then, the records are for number of incidents rather than severity. The two specific things they mention are tendinitis and carpal tunnel, which suck,
by colomon 9y ago
And even then, the records are for number of incidents rather than severity. The two specific things they mention are tendinitis and carpal tunnel, which suck, but aren't the sort of injuries one associates with sawmills...
- toomuchtodo 9y agoOr falling into a machine at a slaughterhouse and having it mangle your leg or everything below your waist.
- mowenz 9y agoThe title is clickbait. It's analagous to saying "Elon Musk's mouth has worse bacterial contamination than petri dish of Lyme Disease." Sure, by number of bacterial agents, Musk's mouth is more contaminated... But that's not a very useful statement unless you want to mislead people.
- boznz 9y agoAgree, could also have been written Tesla had lower than average safety incidents in ..2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016.. Nothing to see here
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoMost sawmill injuries involve splinters and worn out work gloves with holes in them. Machinery doesn't kill people every day at Tesla nor at sawmills but considering the differences between the workplaces it's impressive that the number of little injuries at an auto manufacturer adds up to the number of little injuries in a sawmill.