[TheForge] Fatal acccident

[Bruce .]

The force might be there, but the direction is a puzzler.  I find it hard
to envision a direct path between buffer and heart.  Maybe if the buffer
had no guard at all and he were using the top of a wheel rotating toward
him.  And if the person is bent over a little, bringing the heart lower,
the protection afforded by the ribs would be somewhat increased.

Bruce
NJ

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 4:11 PM, peter fels & phoebe palmer <
artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:

> With a big buffer and a sharpened blade, it could well go right through
> some ribs.
> All the kinetic energy of the rotating motor armature, etc, plus the power
> output of the motor,
>  can be transmitted nicely to the snagged workpiece.
> This sort of tool can easily be as dangerous as a power hammer!
>
> Steel is a strong , recalcitrant material...We are mere ephemeral flesh
> and bone.
>
>
> On 11/17/2014 12:23 PM, Bruce . wrote:
>
>> I was wondering about that.  A blade would have to be traveling upwards to
>> pass between the ribs and into the heart.
>>
>> I could understand how a femoral artery could be severed by a thrown
>> blade,
>> but the heart was a puzzler.
>>
>