A few years ago, one of our team members had just finished machining a gear. He was holding it with about eight paper towels (because it was so hot) but decided to touch a kid on the arm with the burning gear. As he put the gear up to the other kid's arm, he said "Is this hot?" -- yeah, he was banned from the shop for the rest of the year, and the kid he burned
still has a scar on his arm (in the shape of a gear, no less!)
Then there's always the aluminum magnet ... Every year, at least one rookie gets sent to look for an aluminum magnet. I think the longest someone looked for one was about 45 minutes. Funny thing is, they never found it ...
Yikes.
- Katie