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Engine sucks captain's hair in

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http://www.news4jax.com/news/4794603/detail.html

Long haired dive boat captain bends down, hair gets sucked into boat engine, kills him instantly.

He shoulda bought some hair ties.

Submitted on 08/06/2005

Submitted by: Jenn Lapierre
Reference: AP story, 08/08/05

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Kelly said:
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ok this needs a much better write up. The article states he'd been working his way to lead captain, he had been with the company for 7 years and he leaned over the hatch to do engine maintenence. That being the case, he had no excuse not to know that having his hair loose could cause exactly what happened.


Jack said:
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I must agree. Anyone who works around working machinery should know better than to have unbound hair (or ties, for that matter) that could be caught.


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