On 5/22/2017 10:43 PM, woodchucker wrote:
http://www.finehomebuilding.com/2017...ules-tablesaws



The actual
proposal:https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Pro...017%202017.pdf
, dated January 17,2017.

Quote:
"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 1245
[RIN 3041-AC31]
Docket No. CPSC-2011-0074
Safety Standard Addressing Blade-Contact Injuries on Table Saws
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has determined
preliminarily that there may be an unreasonable risk of blade-contact
injuries associated with table saws. In 2015, there were an estimated
33,400 table saw, emergency department-treated injuries. Of these, CPSC
staff estimates that 30,800 (92 percent) are likely related to the
victim making contact with the saw blade. CPSC staffs review of the
existing data indicates that currently available safety devices, such as
the modular blade guard and riving knife, do not adequately address the
unreasonable risk of blade-contact injuries on table saws. To address
this risk, the Commission proposes a rule that is based, in part, on
work conducted by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. The proposed rule would
establish a performance standard that requires table saws, when powered
on, to limit the depth of cut to 3.5 millimeters when a test probe,
acting as surrogate for a human body/finger, contacts the spinning blade
at a radial approach rate of 1 meter per second (m/s). The proposed rule
would address an estimated 54,800 medically treated blade-contact
injuries annually. The Commission estimates that the proposed rules
aggregate net benefits on an annual basis could range from about $625
million to about $2,300 million.

Quoting further:

"SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On April 15, 2003, Stephen Gass, David Fanning, and James Fulmer, et al.
(petitioners) requested that the CPSC require performance standards for
a system to reduce or prevent injuries from contact with the blade of a
table saw. The petitioners are members of SawStop, LLC, and its parent
company, SD3, LLC (collectively, SawStop). On October 11, 2011, the
Commission published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to
consider whether there may be an unreasonable risk of blade-contact
injuries associated with table saws. 76 FR 62678. The ANPR began a
rulemaking proceeding under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). The
Commission received approximately 1,600 public comments. The Commission
is now issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to address an
unreasonable risk of blade-contact injuries associated with table saws
that would limit the depth of cut to 3.5 mm or less when a test probe,
acting as surrogate for a human body/finger, contacts the spinning blade
at a radial approach rate of 1 meter per second (m/s)."



I've read only a tiny portion of the 431 pages, but have not yet seen
any mention of restricting the sale or use of existing saws.