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Default man dies on sailboat: death by chair

On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:46:34 +0100, Justin C
wrote:

You don't have to, you just have to accept that accidents happen. It's
not fate, it's an accident.


There's some truth to that but it's a poor starting point for safety
awareness and prevention.

Accidents are enormously expensive and damaging for everyone concerned
so it pays to do take all reasonable precautions to prevent them.