[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by DMike

A major concern of mine regarding high speed rotating wheels that I stricktly enforced with the 4134 kids was loose clothing and long hair. Hanging untucked shirts, hoodie strings and espesially long hair pose significant saftey issues. Most of time the kids know where there hands are, but not the strings on their hoodie.

This isn't only an issue with fast spinning wheels. A drill press will run at 1000 RPMs, if not faster... get a string or hair caught in that, and the students head will be pulled in before you can blink.