Donald Trump’s yes-men at the Consumer Product Safety Commission are withdrawing a series of proposed safety rules, including an appendage-saving safety mandate for table saws. This will mean thousands more fingers lost per year.

Donald Trump’s yes-men at the Consumer Product Safety Commission are withdrawing a series of proposed safety rules, including an appendage-saving safety mandate for table saws. This will mean thousands more fingers lost per year.

  • cogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    That’s the subheading. The body of the article says;

    More than ten people per day in the United States suffer amputation injuries using table saws, meaning the rule had the potential to save upward of four thousand fingers and over $2 billion in health care and other costs a year.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 days ago

      Gotta make sure real estate stays expensive by making sure construction is as unsafe as possible and minimizing long term prospects for construction workers.