On 5/25/2017 1:53 PM, dpb wrote:
On 05/25/2017 1:05 PM, dpb wrote:
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"The proposed rule would address an estimated 54,800 medically treated
blade-contact injuries annually. The Commission estimates that the
proposed rule’s aggregate net benefits on an annual basis could range
from about $625 million to about $2,300 million."

Now, you're going to be hard pressed to find additional cost of blades
and brakes to overcome $2.3B in predicted benefits.

BTW, that's a range of $11,400 - $42,000 per incident. Needless to say,
they're not counting just a knick and a bandaid in the statistics, here,
altho it surely don't take long to rack up $10K in an emergency room visit.

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My share of the cost to close my thumb to half length was $600 + a
couple of plastic surgeons office visits to observe healing and remove
stitches. That was in 1989.