"Swingman" wrote in message
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"Leon" wrote in message

And that is a good upgrade in the thought process of operating procedures
but accidents often happen when there is no wood being processed. And I
thought only an idiot could cut half their thumb off when not cutting
wood.
;~)

Unfortunately, I can do one better for a "table saw accident" when not
cutting wood. I "filleted" a thumb, to the tune of 13 stitches, on a TS
with
the blade off and not even plugged in!

Always endeavoring to be safety conscious, and taking advantage of all
opportunities to further that goal, I was installing an overhead blade
guard, and, in the process, created a perfectly functioning guillotine.

The E-room logged me in as a "table saw accident" ... though I doubt that
I
skewed the statistic by much.


It's getting pretty bad then the safety device is the part of the saw that
gets you. ;~)