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Originally Posted by AngelBob
Team 3397 is especially lucky in that the worst injuries our team has ever sustained are minor cuts and bruises. Sometimes it's good not to be able to afford incredibly powerful and dangerous machinery! 
Indeed, the injuries in the robotics lab are less serious than 8th-grade science class, when a girl's finger was caught in a rat trap. |
The only times I've been hurt on our Bridgeport mill is when I accidentally poke my hand against a cutter while taking it out. I've never gotten a deep vut from that either.
That being said, on the really big machines a small mistake could be huge. Leaving a large chuck key in a lathe can turn it into something comparable to a cannonball. Just look up "lathe accident" on google images if you're not scared by blood (or severed limbs).
Now last year, a second-year team member put his hand in running chain. I'm not really sure why, but his hand was a little cut up after that.