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Article: Product liability reform is long overdue. (Editorial)
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- Wood & Wood Products
- Article date:
- July 1, 1991
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PRODUCT LIABILITY REFORM IS LONG OVERDUE
Knowing what a woodworking machine can do to a piece of wood, it doesn't take much imagination to figure out what will happen to a finger, hand or other body part that strays into the cutting zone.
It's not a pretty sight.
No matter how high a degree of safety is engineered into a machine's design, the potential for serious injury is ever present. Woodworking machines by their nature are dangerous. This fact, in itself, should command the respect of the user to follow safe operating procedures. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work that way.
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