On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:23:57 GMT, George Max
wrote:
Reposting a message I found in ABPW:
(FWIW)
On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:47:54 -0500, 25th Century Quaker
wrote:
Safety Innovator and SawStop Founder Stephen Gass to Meet With CPSC
Head; Open Meeting Held to Discuss Proposed New Safety Rule
9/5/2006 10:23:00 AM
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=71705
To: National Desk
Contact: Joe Householder, 713-301-0733, or
, for SawStop
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Wednesday, Sept. 6, Acting
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chair Nancy Nord will hold
an open meeting with SawStop founder Stephen Gass to discuss a
proposed new safety rule that could save the American economy billions
of dollars each year and prevent thousands of workplace and home
injuries. Gass is the inventor of the SawStop technology, which
drastically reduces the risk of injury in the use of table saws.
According to the CPSC, there are 55,000 table saw injuries each year
with an estimated cost to society of $2 billion. Many of those
injuries occur when an operator's fingers or hand comes into contact
with the rapidly spinning table saw blade. These injuries are often
devastating, ruining careers, putting families into emotional and
financial turmoil and disrupting businesses.
"So many of those injuries can be prevented," said Gass. The proven
SawStop technology stops a table saw blade within milliseconds after
it comes into contact with human skin, in most cases resulting in a
small nick, rather than an amputation.
Presently, CPSC staff is developing an Advanced Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking which, if it ultimately becomes an official rule, will
require all table saw manufacturers to ensure that blade contact
injuries result in a minor injury.
"The proposed rule under consideration by the CPSC would prevent
thousands of life-altering table saw injuries each year," said Gass.
"It would preserve jobs, reduce costs to employers, cut worker
compensation claims and ensure that families don't suffer the
emotional and financial devastation that these injuries cause."
The meeting, which is open to the public and the news media, will be
at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6. It will be held in the hearing room
at CPSC Headquarters, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Md., 20814
For more information about SawStop and this innovative technology,
visit its Web page at http://www.sawstop.com.
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Tablesaw Accident - I'm an idiot
OK... It's official.... I'm an IDIOT and my left thumb is almost a
1/2" shorter to prove it. This happened last Saturday, March 11.
What was I thinking when I was....
- running a tablesaw when my mind was pre-occupied on another matter.
(Biggest Mistake!!!!!)
- running a tablesaw without my blade gaurd in place
- running a tablesaw without using my push sticks.
Answer: I wasn't thinking at all.
Anyway.. not paying attention, I reached for the cut off material and
put my thumb right into the blade. Cut the tip off instantly. Calmly
shut everything down, walked upstairs squeezing my thumb and told my
wife we had to go to the hospital. After her initial shock when I told
her not to look at it and just get me a clean wet rag, we headed for
the hospital.
I received great treatment by 2 orthapedic surgeons (one was in
training). They took x-rays, saw that I cut a through the tip of the
bone and also cracked it. After they numbed me up, we were all joking
about it as they went to work. Snip some bone here, fold some skin
there, put some stitches here... I was all patched up.
The Doc asked my wife how much she was selling my tablesaw for and she
told him it was free... and to come get it if he was interested.
Obviously, I failed to see the humor in that.
Anyway, the moral of the story is to have your mind on your work and
tools and use common sense... which... obviously... I lack.