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<p>[quote user="Georgia Railroader"]</p> <p>Stress from pulling pins? Really? You're gonna have to do better than that, I'm still not buying it.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Georgia Railroader,</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am not sure whom you are directing your comment to, but I made the comment about stress from pulling pins based on this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the FRA link: </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/research/rr0829.pdf"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/research/rr0829.pdf</span></span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Page 2, paragraph 3, it says this:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3366ff;">“When uncoupling, individuals have to position themselves between two cars, grab the cut lever and exert a force to lift the coupler’s lock to allow release of the car’s mechanical couplers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this scenario, the individual is exposed to both physical stress and contact type injuries.” </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The way I would look at it is that stress is part of the work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there are so-called experts these days that regard stress as something that must be eliminated, so they pass laws, make rules, purport to measure stress, and file lawsuits against causes of stress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stress is almost like a made-up disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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