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I can't believe there's that many deaths on a yearly basis because of that. I'm a leftie but I've never had any issues with tools except scissors. Guess I gotta be careful with those from now on.
I suspect it isn't a real statistic. If it is though I'm guessing things like safety shutoffs being in weird locations for lefties being a culprit
Snopes says it is unproven.
I want to see the stat of right-handers dying from using right-handed equipment.
Removing people with only one hand from the stat, I'm going to guess by percentage it's pretty close.
Most left-handers I know adapted really well in this right-handed world.
I'm guessing it's any death when a leftie is using right handed equipment, even though deaths would have happened anyways. However, if they counted how much higher it is than it would be for righties statistically, I could accept that some dangerous equipment is slightly more dangerous with the wrong handle (like chainsawing).
But also, I remember that texting while driving deaths statistics were inflated because they just included any time a phone had been on within several minutes of an accident, regardless of circumstances.
Honestly from my experience this could be chainsaws alone. They're by far the worst thing I've come across as a lefty and I'm fairly ambi. Most other chiral two handed power tools either don't matter as much or can trivially be swapped around like angle grinders, trimmers, etc.
I am now scared of you.
Just don't try to use a right handed jackhammer