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However after a period of time an accident happened with someone using the machine, which was very unfortunate. And in the US, especially NY this means you need to get lawyers. What happened, who is responsible? Is it the company that hired us all, Precious Plastic (back then operating under One Army Entity) for organising it, was it a result of bad operational instructions, misuse of the machine or a fault in the machine from the community member?
I wonder what happened.
IMO their shredder does not look very safe. It's a device that can cause digital amputation and entanglement and operators are exposed to it 100% of the time they're using the machine, which would classify it as a high-risk hazard. It really should have guarding to make the hazard inaccessible, like a longer infeed chute and a start/stop interlock that prevents it from running unless there's a bin underneath. I suspect it's going to be hard to argue that procedure & policy were appropriate ways to address the risk.