Brian Elfert wrote:

"Geo" writes:

Never underestimate the power of the consumer to get injured in spite
of these safety devices. Then, nver underesstimate the power of the
consumer to remove these devices, get injured, then blame the
manufacturer for a) failing to design a safe device; b) failing to
forsee that the user would remove the safety device and plow a body
part into a spinning blade; and c) anything else a sharp lawyer could
come up with to earn a buck.

This is something Home Depot added to the saw. It is even Home Depot
orange in color. I don't see how any employee could remove this without a
bunch of tools and a lot of time. It is not a simple safety guard like a
normal RAS.

It still seems like safety taken to the extreme. Somebody would have to
stick a hand in a foot or more to get to the blade.

Seems very sensible to me from a management point of view---the cost of
a single lost-time accident would more than make up for the cost of the
modification...