I know you were probably joking, but as a PSA I will add that you NEVER dip any ‘bits’ or any body part in plaster in a closed, rigid container!
😬 A mold should be made with alginate, silicone, or other resilient material. The plaster is what would be poured into the mold afterwards, to make a casting. thanks.
A school was ordered to pay nearly £20,000 in fines and legal costs today after a pupil lost all but two of her fingers in an art lesson.
The penalty was increased on the Giles foundation school in Boston, Lincolnshire, because staff failed to report the “catastrophic” incident, involving plaster of paris, to the Health and Safety Executive.
WTF was it increased from, £2000? Maybe I’m just used to settlements in the hundreds of millions of USD but that seems insultingly low, even for 15 years ago.
I don’t know why I’m surprised that plaster can burn skin. My grandfather did construction and got a bit of cement in his boots one time while working, and it laid him up for days.
I know you were probably joking, but as a PSA I will add that you NEVER dip any ‘bits’ or any body part in plaster in a closed, rigid container! 😬 A mold should be made with alginate, silicone, or other resilient material. The plaster is what would be poured into the mold afterwards, to make a casting. thanks.
Yep.
And if you knew it was bad, but didn’t know how bad:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/oct/12/girl-loses-fingers-school-art
Oh my god, TIL it is that bad
WTF was it increased from, £2000? Maybe I’m just used to settlements in the hundreds of millions of USD but that seems insultingly low, even for 15 years ago.
Edit: OMG 2009 was fifteen years ago…
I don’t know why I’m surprised that plaster can burn skin. My grandfather did construction and got a bit of cement in his boots one time while working, and it laid him up for days.