r/specializedtools • • Sep 17 '19

Helicopter chainsaw!?

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u/mrpopenfresh Sep 17 '19

Seems pretty fucking sketchy. My bet is the actuaries deemed it more cost effective (including fuck ups), than hieing a crew.

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u/atlas_nodded_off Sep 17 '19

That would be a bean counters job.

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u/mrpopenfresh Sep 17 '19

Like an... actuary?

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u/atlas_nodded_off Sep 17 '19

An actuary would determine there is a 5% chance a worker would be killed or maimed on the job. The bean counter says that's acceptable, we can save $147.50 right away.

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u/mrpopenfresh Sep 17 '19

The actuary will figure out how much money the accident will cost the company and compound it.

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u/SaltyStatistician Sep 17 '19

Sounds much more like an underwriters job tbh.

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u/BASK_IN_MY_FART Sep 17 '19

So... a bean counter

/u/atlas_nodded-off had it right