Tales Of Consumer Reports Employees Injuring Themselves With Products [Whoops]
Nobody is perfect, it seems, not even the folks at safety-conscious Consumer Reports. They’ve put together a group of stories from employees who managed to injure themselves with various products.
Apparently, not even working at a place like CR can keep you from accidentally peeling your skin off with a power washer.
The story explicitly said make sure you don’t point it at yourself. Our video even had a guy who had really hurt his foot that way, as I recall. “I’ll never do that,” I said confidently. And, sure enough, the first time I used the device I managed to just brush the edge of my wrist with the stream. No skin left.
Staff blunders: Times when we didn’t heed our own advice [Consumer Reports]
