Subj : Re: Safety Gear
To   : StormTrooper
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Mar 27 2023 08:08:00

-=> StormTrooper wrote to Adept <=-

 St> I'd have to note there's a lot of stuff a safety helmet won't
 St> protect you from.  If you're on the ground and someone drops a
 St> "nut" or something accidently or otherwise, by the time it
 St> reaches the ground it'll be traveling at close to the velocity of
 St> a bullet, possibly with a lot more mass. it'll make a right mess
 St> of your noggin depsite the helmet.

You're making a lot of assumptions here, and they're all wrong.  "By
the time it reaches the ground..." depends on how high up it was dropped
from.  Also, no matter how high up it was dropped from, it will be
traveling at nowhere *NEAR* the velocity of a bullet.  Not even close.

 St> On the other hand if you're working timber framing and someone
 St> loses a piece a floor up or so, then you'll be thankful you had
 St> it on.

What if the "nut" in your example above was only dropped from a floor up 
or so...?  Would you be thankful to have the helmet on?

(9.8 m/sec squared)...  ;-)

The nut will be traveling at the same speed that the piece of timber is,
or very close (due to air resistance).



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