030717 0309 - CBHvac wrote:
"Cowa Bungie" wrote in message
om...
God I hope I don't get flip answers to this one. Too much heartache
tonight. I'm posting to get information about a drill purchased at a
travelling power tools show. The drill's a Cummings 1/2" hammer
drill.
You want information..
A female member of the family, more knowledgeable of all aspects of
home renovation than most of the guys, was using the drill purchased
for $19.99 to drill out one-way screws from a Kwikset deadbolt. She
tried a regular 1/4" bit, which didn't work. A nice dude from a
locksmithing company gave her a free replacement bit especially for
Kwikset that would "get rid of the screw like butter."
She must have inadvertently put the drill on lock. Then the new bit
started working and according to the story, she bored in. Her
gorgeous long hair got stuck in the chuck. To make a nightmare short,
she was working alone, the drill was "this close" to boring a hole
straight through her skull, long hair already scalped off, when she
knew it was time to do something rash. She ditched the drill knowing
it was still eating up her hair.
She's as all right now as a woman can be after having a third of her
scalp removed. Girl has long hair since she was a baby and has done
work on dead bolts for the last fifteen years, among other things, and
only sometimes used barrette and routinely used all kinds of drills.
She's never had this kind of accident with any other model.
Umm...such a contradiction. You state, shes more knowledgeable of all
aspects of home renovation than most guys...but yet, she used a drill, a 1/2
inch model on top of that, ($20 1/2 inch drill??? Garbage?) and didnt pull
her hair back? All the guys I know with hair that long make sure its out of
the way before they pull the trigger..
And, I suppose if the bit was working...it was broken as it was jerked out
of the hole it made as the drill pulled itself towards her head as the chuck
was spinning...
And...she ditched the drill..humm.....meaning she had time, at about 500RPM
(I havent checked the specs on that one, but one can assume it was that fast
or faster if shes drilling out a lock, ) to realize what was happening, toss
the drill, with it locked in ON position..and watch it continue to
climb..when if it was locked, most models just require you to snap the
trigger again...
I just want to know if it's o.k. to sell tools in the US if they
failed Underwriters or import or Food and Drug or Whatever tests. I
never personall had a problem with the drill and kind of liked it
until now. Now it's a tomahawk with her beautiful hair so thick
around the chuck I couldn't even find the keyhole.
You sound like you are married to her...in all honesty..
I read this post, and wish I could be on the jury that you get when you take
it to court. User assumes all responsibility when working with a tool.
I about got my finger cut off about 2 weeks ago in an accident...but at no
time did I consider a lawsuit...sheesh....and it wasnt with a power tool.
Thanks from a really really really sad inlaw. Oh and I know about
safety glasses, safety measures, great jokes about dumb blondes.
Honest to Christ thank you in advance, I don't need any more. Just
want to know if this kid would have a claim against the company that
made her look like a ghoul from the Sixth Sense. If there's a law
permitting cut-rate jobbers to sell tools that don't meet
specifications but allowing litigation... I never wished I was a
lawyer until tonight.
No..if it really happened...while I feel for you, I think you are making a
mountain out of a molehill.
I have a Milwaukee that had she done that, it would not have stopped till it
ripped her head off...
Looking at your post, its either BS, and if its not, well, I am of the
opinion, from someone that wasnt there, that you have no case.
She bought a cheap drill.
She willingly used that cheap drill
She willingly used that drill with her hair down.
I went to the Cummins (not Cummings) web site and looked at the drills...
http://www.cumminstools.com/browse.cfm/4,531.html
Is that it? It is the ONLY Cummins that meets what you said...1/2 hammer...
IF you start a lawsuit over user error, can we sue you for stupid claims?
Its a shame that she got hurt but accidents happen, and a lawsuit not going
to do anything....and I doubt seriously, after this letter being posted on
the internet, that anyones gonna take it seriously. People are tired of
everyone being sued...its normally people that are looking for a free ride
that even think that...
So, dont worry about a lawsuit..worry about getting her taken care of....and
teach her the proper way to use power tools...THAT would be the BEST thing
you can do.
An old friend of mine was doing some remodeling on his house a few years
back and picked up a board to cut it with his SkilSaw. He held the board in
his hand and made the cut. When he had finished, he put the saw down and
went to examine his cut board and realized that he had cut two of his
fingers off where he was holding the board. His dog ate one of them. His
wife took him to the hospital and they patched up the stub ends.