Almost 20 years ago when i was being trained on terminating and slicing fiber, the guy that trained me drilled it in my head that if you get poked with bare fiber you then have a risk of those tiny fiber shards getting into you bloodstream and causing serious problems, death, etc...
I have never stressed about this, but have always been careful to pickup any mess, and discard my cut-offs properly. Today i was working with a younger co-worker that learned at another job and had never heard of any fiber related dangers other than standard laser eye safety stuff.
So my question is, is it a real danger? maybe something the pertained to older 20+ year old fiber tech? I am going to be safe and clean while working either way, i was just curious if anyone here had any real information on the topic? I just didn't know enough about it to have a strong opinion with my co-worker while we were discussing it today. Thanks in advance!
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