Surely talking about electric motors is electrics?
Why can't you just accept that what you said was dangerous and gracefully retire from commenting any further?
Because its not dangerous that's why. Explain how the fook its dangerous?
And you'll have to do better than john boy.
Common sense dictates that any moving object, whether it be rotational, or linear, has the potential to cause injury. Its one of the reasons why it is the law to guard moving parts of machinery. You are advocating removing a guard that protects fingers becoming trapped in moving belts and then instructing someone to place their hands in a position of danger. That in itself is a criminal act and if an employer was to sanction this type of action and someone was killed they would face at least a charge of corporate manslaughter. Just because you sit behind a keyboard and give this advice on an internet forum does not abdicate you of committing a similar offence, albeit a lesser offence if the person 'only' loses a few fingers.
If you want to argue this point from a legal standpoint then please continue, but I think its fair to point out that I have experience of these legalities through investigations I have had to attend in a Safety officer capacity for a large multi national company. If you removed a guard in a workplace you would be facing a charge of Gross Misconduct with subsequent dismissal.