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As a machinist a lathe is the first thing that comes to mind, you get some clothing or even a rope caught in the wrong place and it'll eat you alive

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[–] bramkaandorp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Stage engineer: Fly system.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks for this. It led me to a super interesting Wikipedia article on it.

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Probably busbar running at 6 to 10,000 amps. DC power.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Lock them in the server room for a few days, maybe hypothermia?

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

An industrial wood chipper (used in saw mills). The disc is 5' 6", holds 6 x 18" knives and can chip an 8' x 15" diametre log in about 1 to 2 seconds.

It is deadly as they come.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I have a stack of planer blades at home and even turned one into a rough machete

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

How many painkillers does it take to kill someone? I reckon we have enough for that at work

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

The contents of the fridge

[–] shikitohno@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Probably all the knives and the room full of people who spend 8 hours a day cutting things to bits with them. After a while, you get pretty good at finding where to cut through joints, so it doesn't take all that long.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

100' fall into the middle of an arena.

I work as a concert high rigger.

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Really big laser - meant for cutting through thick steel, could probably slice most monsters Bond-villain style.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

School supplies can be pretty dangerous when used incorrectly. :3

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One of those paper cutters with the blade arm would be a good go to

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago
[–] LucJenson@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

A germy child that sneezes on its face. Teaching is a constant state of protecting yourself from biological warfare.

[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Outright? Probably not a much, but I could definitely yank some wires or disable some safeties that would do the job with a little encouragement.

[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I work in a hospital so: scalpels, oxygen bottles/ wall supply explosions (hard to do without disabling the safety's which I don't know how to do), plenty of radiation sources in the building, loads of dangerous drugs from sedatives to painkillers to chemotherapy. If I'm lucky the monster might just die of MRSA or pneumonia before they get to me.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today -4 points 1 month ago
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