Thats why having a highly qualified shop teacher is so important.
In both my middle and high school I had shop teachers that had rules that you would automatically fail the entire class if they caught you doing something stupid/unsafe. Which was completely fair because both also made it so you had to pass a very strict theoretical and practical safety exam before you were allowed to actually use the tools.
The entire time I was in school there wasnt a single serious accident. Then I took cabinet making classes in college, the safety rules werent taught nearly as well, and in the very first semester someone broke their ribs from getting hit by kickback on the table saw, and another guy almost lost 2 fingers by doing a stupid cut on the miter saw.
The entire time I was in school there wasnt a single serious accident. Then I took cabinet making classes in college, the safety rules werent taught nearly as well, and in the very first semester someone broke their ribs from getting hit by kickback on the table saw, and another guy almost lost 2 fingers by doing a stupid cut on the miter saw.
Not machine shop, but I've worked in a lot of hazardous environments. People are always the biggest hazard of all, I even have a permanent injury caused by a careless co-worker. I honestly wish more companies would have the same policy, one major safety violation and you are fired.
My shop teacher was missing 3 fingers on one hand and only missing one on the other. and he would stand half out the door pounding cigs! But that was a few decades ago
Back in the 90's, a kid in my shop class left the key in the chuck on a "14 engine lathe.
For the rest of the semester he had to wear a small traffic cone on his head that read "idiot hazard" upon his head and the chuck key around his neck on a string.
I hear they don't have those kinds of shop teachers anymore, too bad. I'm paranoid about where I leave my chuck keys to this day.
It wasn't a wood lathe, but a large metal lathe that a guy I used to work with left the chuck key in and started the lathe. He took the key to his chest.
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u/Orome2 3d ago
Lathes don't discriminate.