At my office....
We take safety seriously. My Director has purchased a flouro-yellow 3D sign (like a wet floor sign but with 4 sides) that reads “CAUTION.”
Our instruction was that this sign is to be used when changing paper or toner in the photocopier.
Presumably to avoid a fatal collision – if a staff member were to scream around the corner on a pair of high-speed rollerskates with no brakes, whilst simultaneously knitting a very long scarf.
Craig Shillington
Hehehehe You ain’t kidding either eh :P Wow … what is the world coming to? Radioactive Toner? :P LOL
David Sundstrom
Gotta love OH&S
Amanda J Slack...
Groan. Here I thought plastic bags with ‘do not place over head’ written on them were bad.
Anne van Alkemade
Or a Snickers with “may contain traces of nuts”!!
How much of this is just “covering arses”? Are we really headed down the same track previously ‘trod’ but litigate-mania stricken USA?
Michael Douglass
Sure this sounds funny but 1 in every 5 accidents in the office involves either alcohol or photocopiers…well 1 in every 5 of my accidents do anyway.
Leia
How hilarious Amanda, “do not place over head” i never knew they had that on them!
(Don’t i feel silly right about now – here i have been ignorantly walking around using a plastic bag as a necklace for years!!!)
murasaki
I often get into dangerous situations with photocopiers – usually when I kick the bloody things!! LOL
Stephen Mitchell
You might like to read this:
The most dangerous single thing in computer technology is toner ... the (usually) black dust used in laser printers to form the print image.
Toner dust has been classified by the FDA a class-A carcinogen. Because of this, care should be taken in the installation, removal, and disposal of print toner cartridges: # Be careful not to get it on your hands or skin. # Wash your hands when you are done. # Take all possible steps to avoid breathing it.
Toner is so fine that it easily becomes airborne. Before changing a toner cartridge, you may want to don a dust mask. They only cost a few bucks, can be used over and over, and, gee-whiz, aren’t your lungs worth it?
From everything2.com – Computer Myths and Dangers
I had to show this and more information a few years ago when I had to prove that that a printer that was backing onto my desk was detrimental to my health. No one thought about the fumes coming out the back of the thing. My body told me a few times (via upchuck) that burning-toner IS NOT good for human consumption!
DennisK
hey Leia,
If your interested in my journal i will add more.
wasn’t sure if anyone interested.
I try to add more as things happen
DennisK
more added if your interested.
Cliff Vestergaard
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Cliff Vestergaard
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