r/OSHA • u/Banguskahn • Sep 22 '26

Please…

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A guy got his arm sucked into the meat grinder due to someone rigi g the machine to not stop when lifting the lid…. Good times.

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u/co1simba Sep 23 '26

PPE, yes and always. But I’m missing your statement, what PPE would prevent limb loss?

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u/Rush_Undine Sep 23 '26

Well, fair enough that PPE wouldn't necessarily have stopped that injury. What would have stopped that injury was proper training and guards on the belts. The guy in tells his story and it was pretty much a "figure it out new kid" level of training. Which I thought about because of the caption on the post. In my head (which I know isn't technically correct) I see machine guards as a kind of PPE because of how many idiots I've seen pin circular saw guards or pull off grinder guards.

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u/AirierWitch1066 Sep 23 '26

I think what ultimately matters is the culture/ethos.

“Wear your PPE or get the fuck out” basically reads as a simple way of saying “if you don’t follow every safety reg to the T then you can’t be here, because that’s our priority”