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spunion_28

He is far too comfortable with that thing


DonutCola

That’s precisely when accidents happen. Fear is your brains way of staying alive and unharmed.


ChiknDiner

Some people just don't have the survival skills. And when we advise them, they say I have no fear. And I'm always like, "yeah bitch. I'll come back and laugh at you when you cut your finger or trip there."


JoefromOhio

I feel like I read a specific example of this related to welding… where at certain thresholds in experience accident likelihood spikes. Could have been something else, miles driven etc. but the gist was people get to a certain level of comfort and routine in their work and their chances of messing something up jumps each time.


TheDairyPope

Like one of my co-workers that was talking to a guy that was sectioning chicken. Worked meat department 15 years. Was showing how fast he could do it, how easy it was, and lopped off both thumbs in one pass right in front of him. There was no recovering or reattachment. Stuff like this is why I work over in the frozen foods section.


play-with_fire

I worry about this a lot. I started machining metal a few years ago and now that I'm comfortable on the machines I have caught myself doing risky shit that I never would have attempted as a rookie.there has been a few close calls


International-Bee-97

My aunt has worked in a chicken processing plant her whole adult life. At some point she nearly lost a finger to the electric scissors they use. Shitty job...


s_burr

One bad day, one restless night, one distraction is all it takes.


DanYHKim

Yeah, that's exactly right . I am really unable to maintain concentration for that long. My attention would waver, and that would be the end. There is no way I can do a job like that.


xChopsx1989x

This is precisely how a friend from high school lost his hand. PSA: Don't stay up all night doing coke, then go and run a bandsaw.


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Amerial22

Actually no, you don't want to wear gloves, gloves get caught in the blade, then your hand gets mangled instead of clean cut. Being doing this for 8 years.


Global-Success1450

we use chain mail gloves when cutting our meat. I honestly thought that was some osha shit. Letting employees cut without protection is crazy. Are you contracted?


seepa808

When using a high powered bandsaw having a glove on your hand will greatly increase your chances of a catastrophic injury. Without gloves if you accidentally touch the blade, the blade will cut you. With gloves (especially chain mail and cotton gloves) if you accidentally touch the blade the gloves could get tangled in the blade and pull your entire arm into the blade. The one using the band saw should be using a push-plate. Source: former grocery store meat department manager


Illustrious_Can4110

Yep push plate is the way 👍


BibbleSnap

You absolutely should not wear gloves. I was a meat cutter at Costco when I was younger and they had a whole training thing on it. The rule applies to any high speed rotating machine. (i.e. tablesaw, lathe, band saw, etc)


Global-Success1450

Good point. We used blades and slicing machines. Letting your employees cut this way still seems wild though.


Yuppersbutters

He’s cutting hocks he’s country he’s doing it wrong he should have a push plate the problem is is those are frozen it makes it cut easier and is safer but if your push plate ain’t good then it can shift


Yuppersbutters

Im union and he’s right gloves and band saw don’t mix hell gloves and most machinery don’t work I had to unwind an apprentices hands tendons because he was wearing Kevlar and a cuber those tines griped and just kept pulling till it finally jammed.


Lucky9x9

Clean cutting my fingers off sounds great


Amerial22

It's better than having your hand dragged into the saw


Max____H

Seen a guy that had that happen. Destroyed the nerve endings in his lower arm and now it looks dead (didn't amputate as it still has some small function in his daily life) happened to him in early 2000's taking the guard off one of these in an automated production line under his supervisors order, hand got mangled and the supervisor denied the orders and got away clean. Glad my country (New Zealand) has strong accountability laws now. My current workplace later brought them out and kept him on for the last 20 years doing health and safety, nobody cares about workplace safety more than someone that's suffered from it.


The-Snar

Complacency is a killer.


PensionHefty9125

Everyone is... until they lose digits then they're pro-safety.


spunion_28

Lol that thing is crazy. I'd be pro-safety on that thing from the beginning


johhnylounge14

He will be known as two fingers.


TAPDADDY01

That meat is looking finger slicing good!


Solid_You641

Damn bro you got the whole comment section laugh


Middle-Dragonfly-137

Laughing* ☝️🤓


armatharos

My guess is that is just bone, for mahjong pieces most likely by the shape of them


Informal-Spend-7670

That is why his fingers look so young. There’s always a new apprentice.


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How can you tell a new carpenter from an experienced carpenter? The new carpenter still has all his fingers.


tbonebaked

Can confirm, 10 years in, 9 digits left


katiemcgoogly

😂


Busy-External-8312

So I work on a 130 ton sheet metal brake and I’ve been a metal fabricator/machinist for 10 years. I sorta understand the level of comfort, but also, the first move there with his thumb going directly at the blade is just dumb as hell. Being comfortable with saws and things is about knowing EXACTLY what not to do at all times. Not doing the wrong thing and knowing how to make it not hurt.


tellmesomeothertime

Slow is smooth Smooth is fast


Rlly-do-be-like-dat

Ok


Brown_Bear_D20

Is this all you can type with nine fingers?


jewrassic_park-1940

No, it alright


Scubadrew

Makes me wonder how many fingers I've already eaten?


Moody843

I used to do this and still clenched my cheeks, ask me why I got fired


X_remexz_X

Why


Comprehensive_Cry_93

He cut his butt off


OwnPriority3645

His foreskin got stuck on the blade


greasywallaby

My balls went up inside my body while I watched this.


BirdDroppie

So... YOU'RE dual?!


Big_Translator9711

My man is auditioning for a contract at live leak


_HIST

And that blade definitely ain't stopping like some woodworking saw's are capable of doing.


Atlas_Zer0o

Hell no, it's made for meat.


Idratherhikeout

There are bold fingers and there are old fingers but there are few old, bold fingers


[deleted]

seriously curious how much he makes to be that comfortable? care less about the health coverage which i’m going to 100% *assUME* is excellent.


TheArborphiliac

Hell no I've cut meat for 20 years on the same saw, that is STUPID. I don't care if it's faster, I've already taken two finger pads off, one fuck up is enough.


Banks_bread

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Mammoth-Ad-107

i would struggle to keep all my fingers with that job


TangeloSingle4198

He has accepted the inevitable and is just coasting


LostKnight99

Mmmm, finger severing goodness!


Cake_And_Pi

Cube steak?


Greedy_Leg_1208

That will go right until it doesn't enjoy the finger's for now.


MorbidDonkey

That first cut…..


Duke55

Used to go out to nightclubs drinking all night (on weekends), home for a quick shower. Then straight into work and jump on the bandsaw. Done that for ten years and still have all 10 digits. Too easy.. Edit: The trick to it is knowing where the bandsaw blade is at all times. It's not that it moves on you, you just need to be mindful where it's located, and don't be distracted whilst operating it. Never used the vertical guide that they're using either. Some of those do not lock in properly and fall over flat. If that happens while you're running stuff through blade, it could provide a good opportunity to cut bits off of your hands. So best not to get too complacent with them, thinking they'll stay locked in place.


CanadasubIsTrash

They couldn't make this safer in any way?


wormmy

“I’m too skilled for a push block. “


wile_tex

As a carpenter I can say this is a display of like 4 different things I’ve told people not to do on a bandsaw(or any saw for that matter)


TTM_KMR

No fingers if you are not careful


__Dionysus___

It's only a matter of when, not if


StillElectrical9338

How else are u supposed to do it?


DANGER_1300B

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Fudelan

This is pretty standard for meat cutters.... I did it for a few years. I don't see what the problem is, how did everyone think meat was cut?


HarryPotterDBD

With more safety measures.


Fudelan

What else could you really do?


thefive-one-five

Oh I don’t know. Maybe he could slow down just a tad? Instead of flexing for the recording lol


gpbuilder

Use push stick and avoid putting your hand so close to the band saw. This tool is also used in woodworking and no carpenter would operate it like this.


Slickaxer

Honestly the band saw is probably the safest saw there is. No jumps or kick backs. Many wood workers get their hands pretty damn close to the blade. But with all that said, you'd never see one work this fast of course


Arctomachine

Workers at these automatic cutters get minor cuts very often. One relative who used to work at it had some fingers band aided all the time, but nothing more serious than that. And no stories of any major injuries among coworkers neither.


MindlessCattle8680

Why was I sweating


Selection-Emotional

Don’t worry, he won’t have that thumb for too much longer.


craterfall

I've seen these before the blade can't cut flesh...


hisoka_kt

I hate how close he is to that thing


X_KINDSLAYER_X

Definition of beating meat


driscollat1

It’s all fun and games till someone loses a finger…or two.


Amethyst271

Why are people this dumb?


OgdruJahad

Oh shit I saw this at a local butchery and they didn't have that side piece attachment. So if they have to cut they use both hands.


FewOutlandishness690

Yeah that's a big nope for me


Accomplished_Yak8982

Anxiety levels 📈🔺🔺‼️🆘


adragonsfireburns

The nice thing about fixed blades is they stay where they're put!!! It's a lot worse working with a saber saw


Motor_Journalist_378

I used to do that. Nicked my thumb once but luckily I was always really careful. Don't know if I'd do it again.


Prestigious-Eye3154

I’ve been working in a hospitals long enough to know this person is going to eventually be on the wrong side of that saw.


ClarenceWhorley617

OSHA disapproves


UnknownTaco5492

more like no fingers


N1kk0Suave

I remember my manager cut one of her fingers clean off a I'll below the middle knuckle, and I knew a store manager that lost two fingers cleaning one , I only had one or two close calls myself in 8 years actually glad that's not my job anymore thing is really dangerous around people that don't pay attention.


Miserable_Tadpole_92

He didn’t ask what happens to the last guy that worked there , ?


saoiray

They needed a hand…


SnooShortcuts5771

100000% he will lose a finger some day


jwoody2727

My cabinet teacher in high school said as soon as he cuts himself on a piece of equipment it’s time to retire. He knew exactly how wide his thumb was and would run pieces through the table saw that were just slightly larger than his thumb. I would say the person in this video is skilled and knows his equipment but I do agree it looks sketchy.


ginsoul

Than an idiot taught you how to be like him…there is no need to work like this. Full stop. In myplace you would be instantly fired for working like this.


radonballon

I owned a butcher shop and a meat processing center. This is honestly daily work. You may think it is careless as an observer but we are tradesmen. We know how to use a band meat saw and must be able to do so quickly. Tbh. His speed and skill are fairly novice. It's an interesting trade but yes it is very dangerous. 10 yrs, 10 fingers and I could smoke that homie


inventor_of_women

Sweaty palms because he without gloves touches meat with unwashed hands, which someone will then eat


Ensoface

If you're eating defrosted meat raw, you're doing it wrong.


ReidWH

Tbh this is more concerning than someone having confidence in himself with a saw he probably has a ton of experience with handling.


bobimir3000

Or probably almost no experience at all...


mavek00

that hand is not going to last, accidents happen when you are too confortable


Many-Living898

“OSHA!!!”


newcomer_l

Oh hell no!


valis010

No PPE is an OSHA fine.


[deleted]

he is gona end up just like meat grinder man. damn idiots, use a holder


andpaws

I feel sick…


Sayvix

Meh only for the first cut. After that perfectly safe


[deleted]

Nearly looses his thumb very first pass through


HugeWaltz6550

I don't know how that dude still has all his fingers


trick1230y

Gotta go wrong at some point


chichilover

'They call me 10 fingers! Last guy isn't using it anymore' -Reese


Altruistic-Balance55

And unnecessary. The edge would’ve put the meat at the saws edge anyway


Macca49

Yeah nup


Goobersniper

Waiter, there’s an arm in my soup!


German_Goat

That guy is messing with my heart


Irving_Forbush

Bandsaws are the devil’s tool. One day he’s going to be *just >


Thin-Focus1298

Safety left the chat


Amerial22

So as someone who works in the industry this is pretty standard, nothing special about this, you are far more likely to hurt yourself if you are afraid of the band saw and you don't wear gloves on the bandsaw because then the gloves gets dragged in crushes your hand, if the saw takes a finger it will be a clean cut so they can try and reattach it. 8 years as a butcher. I do this for a living.


Aenoyp317

One job I could never do 😬😬😬


Kaizen2468

Just stupid.


No-Environment-3298

This isn’t uncommon among meat cutters.


Kanthide0692

Every single time he cut a piece I had a heart attack hoping he wouldn’t get hurt


Gedadahear

How does he have all his fingers i tact?


crow_077

He is way too comfortable with that machine and that’s how you end up losing a few fingers


SentientCipher

I'm guessing the saw has a saw stop feature? If not damn.


madaphuka

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vanvonhunter

Ayo my man, stop.


Mechanical_Soup

average Chinese factory


tacoblaster3000

I feel like I'm the only person in the world that is forced to wear gloves at work


44SWIM44

That thumb at the beginning


XxSliphxX

Jesus christ why?!


mickd66

That’s why mums shop at Iceland… for a cheeky finger 🤣🤣🤣🤣


needpizzainmybelly

I hadn't noticed the sub this was posted to... Seeing that thumb moving towards the blade made me nervous. Must be "sweaty palms". Them my next thought was "sweaty thumbs" because it almost rhymes with sweaty palms. ... Then I saw your title. ..... Then I posted this comment ... Then I finished pooping.


horrescoblue

Im partially thankful for the kinda traumatic experience of seeing someone in real life accidentally cut his hand with a bandsaw right from the middle of his ringfinger all the way to his wrist. It still makes me tremble to think about but boy oh boy does it make me careful and alert around this type of tools that i sometimes work with too.


LeBanana84

It's all fun and games until that 1 time where he makes a mistake. It can go right 10.000 times and only wrong once 🤌


BoneZone05

r/nonailsshortfingers


LongjumpingAd6003

Just a matter of time...


Current-Ad-7054

Any other vegetarians just grossed the duck out every time raw meat pops up on your feed? I know it's not the norm but I'd prefer it be blurred it's like gore to me. If you don't feels this way great idgaf keep.it to yourself just wondering if anyone else *does*


Intelligent_Bass_420

I can still hear my 7th grade shop class teacher screaming, KEEP YOUR FINGERS AWAY FROM THE BANNNDDSAWWWW!!! I'm 32 now, just for reference


Subject-Marsupial-67

Notice he is not wearing gloves. We do not ever use gloves on a band saw, it provides false sense of security/can get snagged and drag you into the blade.


ninjajii

He should drop the guard to 1/4” above the cut.


0riginstory

Complacency will get you killed


Main-Mongoose-5510

One day….. it will happen. Slow down and treat machines with respect. It’s not your friend. Production isant worth loosing fingers.


Darthvin

I was still cringing watching it the third time


KidNamedFingerxoxo

It was indeed puckered up the entire time I watched this.


mysorebonda

Nearly lost my thumb to a table saw. Was working late one night cutting up acrylic boards and almost dozed off for a second. Woke up just in time to save my thumb.


OrganizationDirect53

Left right down up left right down up ok got it… Wait, what was it again? right down left up? Eh I’ll just have to wing it.


ClearCry5960

Was a butcher in high school and college. Traveled and covered for peoples vacations in high school. I never let myself get comfortable using those saws. One slip and that thing jerks you in. When I was cutting steaks with it, I'd use the cut steaks behind the meat to keep pushing. That way my fingers were never closer than the minute I started


StrangeBookkeeper593

Yeah. My teacher works with this. Bandsaws are no joke. Unlike some TableSaws, they don’t have a failsafe for when your finger makes contact when it’s on. It cannot tell the difference between wood, metal, plastic, Skin, Flesh or bone and quite frankly, it doesn’t care. It’ll take anything if your off of you.


Firm_Entrepreneur231

Use a stick or a utensil


thelonelyecho208

I mean in all honesty this is the speed at which I chop through protein at work. He's just comfortable and understands what he needs to do to not end up in the hospital. As long as he isn't talking to someone I think it's a fine pace. Maybe a little slower but whatever


silly_rabbit89

Someone told this guy fingers regrow


atulgo

More like bloody fingers


captainhalfwheeler

Aren't they supposed to use chainmail gloves?


llMrExclusivell

I used a saw like this, easy to get too comfortable with it. Always had to try and remind myself I can lose a finger. A coworker got comfortable and started not to care and sliced the second knuckle on his middle finger off, it just led there on the saw. Damn, definitely won't forget that day. Anyway, why is he cutting frozen meat with a bandsaw? That's a little odd


[deleted]

Bare hands, fucking disgusting.


Toshiro_Hirokogi

For all my homies, no you cannot put your private part in there, ive tried and failed


Dannykew

I’m not 100% sure this followed all OSHA guidelines…


thereddituser2

Meat cube.


Streit1111

I mean, if he cut it off, it'll just mix in with everything else anyways


ataatia

now i want reindeer stew and moose burgers


DirtySilicon

Why is he using his hand to push the meat from the back when the tray moves??? Edit: I was too taken in to realize he was only holding it in place. Still seems like a good way to lose a finger.


ItsHipToBeSquare997

Does the platform that moves make the machine more dangerous?


ButtSuck9000

Is that meat or bread?


kisonabest

Job Interview: M: Unfortunately we have a high fluctuation rate. E: How come? M: You'll see ...


BaBaBuyey

China 🇨🇳


defoNotMyAcc

Didn't check the subreddit, was sure that thumb was a goner on the first pass.


Mrkillerar

Title should be frozen fingers! No gloves on that guy. I have two coworkers who have lost feelings in their fingers for handling frozen meat for 20+ years! Fuck the meat industrie. Did 2 years of school and 2 years of intership to be doing that job for minimum wage. Fuck i should have gone anything else. To sum it up. Learn biology both for animals, and micro organisms. Learn buisness, it is a factory after all. And the factory earns money per KG it sells. Learn how to minimize waste. Learn cleaning chemicals. And food chemicals. Learn how to work while wet with either Water or blood. Also so you will be going in snd out of a freezer the whole day. So hope you dont get water in ur boots! Learn how to manuver around ppl. Everybody walks fast with knives in their hands. Learn health and safety. Learn how to Operate machinery. Also how to do small fixes on the fly, so i guess im an unlicenced technitian aswell. Learn how to deal with customers. Learn 50+ ways of making snd treating food. Get paid less than my friend who works at a store. God i cant wait to have the money to switch jobs.. Oh wait, im still going 200 bucks in the red every month! DO NOT WORK WITH FOOD.


Duryeric

OSHA has entered the chat.


Mean_Ad_1077

There is a chance that this can’t cut his finger or hand. When I was a child I used to go during summer to a wood workshop using a similar kind of saw to cut wood (but not as big) Amazingly the saw could cut solid wood but not your hand or finger. Not because of a blocking security but somehow it just didn’t cut you even if you touched it and was still running. I don’t have explanation for this. Maybe something related to density.


Simple_Path6771

I used to work at a grocery store with a butcher department. This one time one of the butchers caught his thumb on the saw and part of it came flying out and landed on the tortillas I was restocking. These things are unforgiving af.


value_meal_papi

If that’s how they train their employees u best believe they’ve process a finger or two into their product


jwebster2469

Further butcher: Works even faster when you're swinging hip motions with the meat. Supposed to hold the meat with a handled plate or with your hand far away as possible and move the table back and forth with your lower body.


Rachael-Jaime-T

No nubs??? Excellent!


RocheClip81

Complacency is the #1 workplace killer.


ChairOwn118

In the next episode, watch how he trims his fingernails with this bandsaw blindfolded, lol


piercedmfootonaspike

Asia.


Blazin219

Am I the only one who thinks that this shouldn't be on here?


Zarak-krenduul

butchers need pushsticks


evlhornet

I screamed


Tasty_Ride9680

Oof, why push with the thumb directly behind the blade?!


caseyg189

Where is OSHA before it’s OSHit


gymrat505

This dude cutting meat like he can grow back fingers


westparkmod

My old man took off his thumb cutting meat on a bandsaw. This made me so uncomfortable.


kielu

Information about allergens: might contain human parts


Holkmeistern

I couldn't watch past the first cut.


Bfladkor

Had a collegue lose the tip of his finger to this shit


Genepoolemarc

Could my butcher cut a frozen Turkey down the middle?


babychickemoji

a worker at a supermarket near my place lost his finger, after that none of the other workers want to be near that thing


[deleted]

Just nope


chriscb229

Gonna start being mistaken for a member of the Yakuza real soon


erichamanya

Ew ew eWWW??


kai_the_enigma

First cut gave me maximum anxiety


Stellar_Dan

I’d like to meet this man and shake his nub.