On 25 Oct 2006 07:25:59 -0700, wrote:


Frank Boettcher wrote:
On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:02:05 GMT, "CW" wrote:

I don't believe it.

Nor do I. But at least it is more believable than the guy who was
posting on the Saw Stop thread that his wife was a surgeon that does a
thousand a year.

Keep in mind that some injuries require multiple operations to repair.

My neighbor, who lost two fingers to a table saw had one restored,
but after two years had it re-amputated as the previous operation(s)
were not adequately successful.


It doesn't correlate statistically with my experience as a maker of
saws in defense of personal injury claims and providing individuals as
technical experts in depositions.

E.g. a home-user who removed his guard
is not likely to even consider suing.

Not accurate. Cases are filed, just not necessarily won.
Manufacturer has the obligation to "Guard and Warn" failure to do
either puts them in a bad position in an action.

That is why when other service part tooling for obsolete tools was
discontinued after a long period of limited demand, guard tooling,
warning label art work, and warning printed matter was preserved
forever, at least while I was active.

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Suppose ahand-specialist performs an average of
five operations a day, five days a week, (allowing
two days for consultaion, doing rounds etc). That's
1250 operations a year. Unless she is a table-saw-
injury-hand-surgeon specialist that seems unrealistic.

In my area they see patients for three days a week and do elective
surgery on one day. My wife was a recent patient for CT. There are
obviously emergencies, however, I question the volume.

Additionally, if you multiply the claimed number by the number of hand
surgeons in the U.S. the number would be well over a hundred thousand
table saw hand injuries a year. My local woodwoking club has had none
in the past ten years, so you other guys must be real careless.

Frank

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