I am not an ergonomist; I am left-handed. I finished the basement of our family home in 1981. Throughout the work, I was covered in sawdust from the wood I was cutting with my ‘standard’ circular saw. When I bent over to get a better view of the cutting line, my face was a receptacle for many of the flying particles. I was lucky that I was never hurt.
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Gagnon, R. (2009). I Hate Left-Handers or Occupational Health and Safety Training. In: Maclean, R., Wilson, D. (eds) International Handbook of Education for the Changing World of Work. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5281-1_92
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