Be careful out there....

Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:15 pm

UGLY STORY

http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2009/11/13/20091113abrk-amputation.html

nomoman · Post by **nomoman** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:11 am

That won't of happened had he a SS. It is too big to put on an ice chest.

dlbristol · Post by **dlbristol** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:43 am

nomoman wrote:That won't of happened had he a SS. It is too big to put on an ice chest.

Well, not necessarily, you could put one chest under each leg. As long as the castors are up, it could work. I'd worry about it rolling off otherwise.

Not to make light of this accident, but there are things that just don't make sense. That said, I've done some dumb stuff that made perfect sense at the time and seemed totally ignorant later!

jmoore65 · Post by **jmoore65** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:44 am

Another reminder to not be in a hurry when using power tools.

I think you have to cultivate a safety mindset. Our brains are too ready to accept an idea as valid ("Hmm - that ice chest looks big enough to set this saw on - and the top is pretty flat, especially in the middle where most of the saw will sit").

Thanks for the reminder.

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:07 pm

He must have had a bad back so he raised the height of the saw by putting it on the ice chest to make it more comfortable to work? Anyone able to think of another reason why someone would put a table saw up on top of a cooler? Was he trying to hide it from his wife?

dicksterp · Post by **dicksterp** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:21 pm

mickyd wrote:He must have had a bad back so he raised the height of the saw by putting it on the ice chest to make it more comfortable to work? Anyone able to think of another reason why someone would put a table saw up on top of a cooler? Was he trying to hide it from his wife?

If he was trying to hide it, he would have put it under his boat:D

recurvearcher · Post by **recurvearcher** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:36 pm

That's why you should always turn the saw off before getting a beer out of the cooler.

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:59 pm

Maybe it was one of the bench-top type saw. Something like this one that doesn't have a stand:

And he was using the ice chest as a stand because he needed the room on his workbench? That's the only thing I could figure. I can't imagine any other way of setting a table saw on an ice chest.

navycop · Post by **navycop** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:05 am

I wonder if it was a styrofoam ice chest from Wally Mart.

tango · Post by **tango** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:50 am

soooo, was it on when it fell? I'm not making light of the situation, but how could it cut a hand off if the blade wasn't turning? I can see how it could fall and hit someone's hand, but unless it was running I can't see how it could cut it off.

On top of an icechest... doesn't seem like a "handy" place to put a tablesaw anyway... oohh, sorry

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Be careful out there....

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