dpb writes:
On 05/25/2017 2:12 PM, Leon wrote:


"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."


The number in all this that floors me as seeming to be just
inconceivable is the 54,800. That's 150/day on a 365-day year, if you
give contractors working 6-day weeks it'd be 175/day, every day! That,
I just can't believe is really so, but I know of no way to refute it
without way more time/effort than have to devote to the task.

Look at it this way - that is 175 out of 350 million each day, or
3 per state per day. Doesn't seem that large a number, I
don't believe that 3 per day in any of top 10 metropolitan areas
would be unusual.