Originally Posted by
Geoff Whaling
Russell, Thank you ... for quoting parts of my posts from SMC verbatim in your blog, however if you are going to quote another’s views please at least quote them accurately and do your research.... I certainly do not work in the “industrial safety field.” However I do have 35 years experience as a field surveyor often working in very remote areas under modern health and safety legislation. I have been working with wood from my earliest memories and have a very healthy survival instinct at work and in my shed.... I think you have misunderstood my message and have selectively done so to reinforce your own opinions. ...You are partially correct as initially one death was reported at a “wood lathe” but was later mentioned to be a metal lathe. However the important message from the young lady’s unfortunate demise is the mechanism of death, working alone and entanglement in the lathe, inaccessible power switch & the lack of an emergency switch, a scenario which can easily occur at the wood lathe.
My comments about injuries are based upon review of formal research into DIY and hobby injuries and are not based upon gut feeling, assumptions and anecdotal evidence. I am always open to others views and very much appreciate information about injury events or leads about formal research papers & articles. You would be surprised at how embarrassed turners are to report injuries.
I would sincerely appreciate you correcting your biased reporting of my comments from this forum in your column.
ps I feel there is something radically wrong with SMC and how it is sequencing reply posts in this thread.