NPR and SawStop

algale · Post by **algale** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:18 am

Ed in Tampa wrote:Interestingly the report did not report on the percentage of injuries related to direct contact with the blade. Amputations which I would assume to be blade contact amounted to only 10% of the injuries. Of course there was a laceration group but it did not specify whether these were all blade contacts or not.

The link I posted was an abstract (a short summary) only and not the full article. The abstract did state, however, that the majority (by definition more than 50%) of table saw injuries were caused by contact with the blade. The amputations alone, however, amounted to more than 50,000 incidents in just seven years.

brad_nalor · Post by **brad_nalor** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:12 am

And its mandatory for manufacturers to label / tag in multi language all over the machines describing potential hazzards. Its like the stickers on my car sunvisor telling me it has air-bags and the dangers of that too. Good for those who need to be reminded but really now?

terrydowning · Post by **terrydowning** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:43 pm

tdubnik wrote:I read about this real world incidentover on the Lumberjocks forum. I would guess this is about as real as you can get.

Nothing like the real world.

I am very confident in the technology of the saw stop. There are several success stories where it has prevented catastrophic injury.