[TheForge] Auto darkening helmet

[peter fels]

While technically the distinction matters,
if you know what the speaker meant...
the difference is like picking fly dung out of pepper.


On Jun 3, 2011, at 6:43 AM, CGRAF wrote:

> On 6/3/2011 8:27 AM, woolley wrote:
>> On 6/3/2011 8:56 AM, Saint Phlip wrote:
>>> hel·met  (hlmt)
>>> 
>>> http://www.harborfreight.com/auto-darkening-welding-helmet-with-racing-stripe-design-67854.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200305009_200305009
>>> 
>>> Hmmm. All of these look like they fit definition 1d:
>>> 
>>> d. A head covering, such as a balaclava, that is shaped like a helmet.
> 
> 
> While I would not make a big deal of it in general, I can see where the 
> technical distinction might make a difference in job-site rules and 
> requirements.
> 
> As a boss I would pay real close attention to the word helmet if it 
> showed up in an OSHA reg or insurance policy evaluation.
> 
> Having my workers know that if I said helmet I MEANT helmet, not what 
> harbor freight says , would be important.
> 
> Mike Graf
> 
> 
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