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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.

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?

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.