I remember working at a small organization and when we hired a safety
officer the first new requirement was a shoes policy in the machine shop.
Apparently, metal shavings all over the floor wasn't enough to deter people
from walking around barefoot...

I wonder what would hurt more? stepping on a metal shaving, a lego block,
or an upside down DIP component...

Stephen Golemme


On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 9:53 AM Bob Landman <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Without lead, tin plating can grows tin whiskers which can be very sharp
> pointy things, things that make Toyoda's run away according to my friends
> at NASA Goodard.
>
> See https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1264373
>
> And if you remember The Princess and the Pea, a very sensitive person just
> might feel them.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jack Olson
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2018 10:48 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] ESD shoes or barefoot?
>
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 08:53:54 -0500, Tom Brendlinger <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >I wonder which is worse, stepping on a DIP or stepping on a LEGO...
>
> At least they are both lead-free now (smile)
>