mattblack wrote:
A few weeks ago I was on a job where another fellow was installing
some baseboard. He is 61, been a "handyman" for years. He was
cutting some baseboard with his 10" chop saw. He was holding the
board with his left hand and had the blade turned to 45. What i think
happened was that he was used to making straight cuts and was holding
the board pretty close to the blade-then when he turned it for the 45
he didn't realize that the back of the blade was now that much closer
towards his hand. Left index finger cut about halfway through. He
cut a tendon and was heading to a hand specialist last I heard, likely
to surgery after that.

I had a similar thing happen to me a few months ago.
Knocked a good piece out of my left index finger. Just a momentary lack
of concentration and bang, those machines never apologise.
Went up to the house, poured betadine all over the finger wrapped it in
a dressing and drove down to the local hospital. Was a fun drive as the
ute is a manual 4sp column shift.(We shift with our left hands in Oz)
Nothing much they could do at the hospital as there was nothing left to
stitch over the wound, so a more professional dressing was applied and
home I went.
The finger has a dent in it is still tender
regards
John