Jewelry as a safety concern?

The Garage Safety
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I cleaned a second-story condo for an old retired window cleaner today. Really nice guy. Since he was in the business for 30+ years up in New England I asked if he saw anything I could do better.

He said everything was great, but that I might consider working without my wedding ring and steel dive watch. The reason was that he apparently witnessed another cleaner suffer a degloving injury during a minor ladder drop. Ladder caught the ring, ring took the finger. Ouch.

Do you guys and gals wear jewelry while working? In your opinion, how serious is the safety concern?

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It happened to my brother, it peeled his ring finger like a banana. Rings and loose jewelry should never be worn when working with tools or ladders ect.

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:grimacing:

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I was told the exact same thing by my uncle many moons ago when he took me under his wing.

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Almost had the same experience but my ring is tungsten and didn’t crush. It actually stopped the ladder from dropping more and saved me from breaking my digit

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