DANGEROUS MACHINES
LONDON
Factory workers get a thrill out of using dangerous machines, according Industrial Technicians. Production falls off when guards are put on to machines. The report tells of tests
and questions put to 200 machine operators—3o of them women. It says: “Almost without exception they thought that, for themselves, mechanical guarding of the machines was superfluous. All seemed to derive some satisfaction from being able to work an unguarded machine, and they did not like the same work so much
if the machine was thoroughly guarded. It is thought that in some way the ambitious man satisfies his desire for adventure by getting the better of his machine. —Reuter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27572, 14 December 1950, Page 3
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