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That's a false dichotomy, it doesn't "require" the sacrifice, they could definitely make the machines more safe, or make working on them safer, but likely they
by riversflow 3y ago
That's a false dichotomy, it doesn't "require" the sacrifice, they could definitely make the machines more safe, or make working on them safer, but likely they were made before worker safety was considered so critical and "pinsetter mechanic" is probably too niche to get special work safety provisions.
- lolinder 3y agoThey have made them safer—by reducing the complexity of the machines and the frequency of necessary human intervention by adding strings to pull the pins back into place.
- maxerickson 3y agoYeah, that's not what is meant above by "machines", they mean machines that have equivalent function, not machines that result in a different game. Looking at accident reports, it sounds like there are some easy changes, adding guards to the machines and changing industry practices to de-energize the machines during the maintenance activity: https://www.atlantictraining.com/blog/bowling-alley-worker-strangled-in-pinsetter-osha-issues-fines/ https://www.atlantictraining.com/blog/bowling-alley-worker-s...
- JohnFen 3y agoThey could make them safer without making the game worse, though.
- seanhunter 3y agoYou are presenting the classic logical fallacy of We must do something This is a thing Therefore we must do this. There are other ways they could make the machine safer that don't involve adding strings and thereby changing the game.
- mike_hock 3y agoYeah, this isn't Vietnam. This is bowling. There are rules.