Janet said:

Remote-area access to medical help can be slow.

We have strict work-safety legislation in the UK;

I'm sure there are also many more safety laws here in the US since the
logging days that I remember. Perhaps we were just lucky. If there had been a
serious injury, it probably would have been fatal as the nearest doctor was at
least an hours drive. To a hospital, I guess it would have been closer to 2
hours.

Dave
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