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Proper Proper by Joan Yarrington and and
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How many times in recent years have we heard or read
of lawsuits where the awards
given to people who should have
presumably “known better” were
awarded hundreds of thousands
of dollars in damages?
1. Screwdriver and cuticle clippers.
Of course the primary lawsuit
that jumps to the forefront of
most peoples’ memories is the
lady who placed a hot cup of coffee between her legs and scalded
herself. She then sued the
restaurant chain and won several
million dollars.
is something wrong with the wiring of these people and yet, how
many of us have done something
just as dangerously unthinking as
these during our regular workdays as locksmiths?
Whether frivolous or not,
because of these lawsuits, every
item we purchase has got some
totally inane warnings posted on
them and yet we still see people
doing really crazy things. Seeing
someone reading a book, or tex-
ting on their phone while driving
is just one of many things we see
every day. Surely we think there
For instance, who would ever
think that one could break a leg
and wrist (compound fracture)
from tripping over a tool box?
Trust me, leave a heavy tool box
loaded with tools several feet
away from your vehicle in the
middle of a driveway and be a tad
angry with the customer, thus
forgetting to move said tool box
back in the vehicle, and you have
the recipe for a four or five day
stay in the hospital, and eight
to nine weeks recuperating at
home. Did I mention as my first
safety suggestion to watch where
you place your tool box?
We use numerous tools every
day which can be dangerous
from our key duplicators to our
hammers, and few of these tools
come with caution labels. I guess
the manufacturers assume that
someone who uses tools in a
trade is already aware of any dangers, and yet, we somehow seem
to manage to either harm ourselves or really mess up a tool.
