On 10/1/2013 9:54 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 1 Oct 2013 21:28:33 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
Never said accidents don't happen.

No, you said they couldn't have been very common. DAGS on "sawmill
accidents". I suggest they were very common in previous years and are
still a relatively frequent.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/woodworking/sawmills.htm

Other than the fact that sawmills were dangerous, the URL is in UK, and
the things they are considering safety problems were not a concern in
the early mills. High noise and welfare conditions do not affect putting
your hand in the blade.

**** Band saw blade or pulley cleaning procedures
**** Round and sawn timber stacking
**** Guarding of power operated cross-cut saws


**** Management of site transport activities

**** Lock-out procedures for interrupting mechanised production
processes, for example when freeing jammed timber

**** Two other important problem areas were high noise levels and poor
or non-existent welfare facilities."

It is like the 1890 house on PBS, where they could not get approval for
a family to living in the house because of a standard issue 1890's stove.