>Who is putting their hands/fingers near the sawblade ? Most people don't deliberately place the hands dangerously close to the blade. Instead, it's an unfors

>Who is putting their hands/fingers near the sawblade ? Most people don't deliberately place the hands dangerously close to the blade. Instead, it's an unforseen interaction with the wood and the blade. E.g. the hand holding down wood against the fence and is (supposedly safe distance of) 1 foot away from the blade but an unexpected kickback quickly pulls the hand into the blade before the operator can even react defensively. An experienced woodworker was demonstrating kickback using push blocks and thought he was safe but he almost got sliced by the blade.[1] On can then say, install a riving knife to prevent kickback, etc... but that doesn't prevent an operator from reaching over the blade to grab a piece of waste. Whether fatigue or being in a hurry, he misjudges how his hand and the wood moves through space above the blade and boom, fingers get sliced. There are probably a 100 different ways to lose fingers on table saws.[2] [1] almost amputated @ 2m30s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7sRrC2Jpp4&feature=youtu.be&t=1m44s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7sRrC2Jpp4&feature=youtu.be... [2] http://www.sawaccidents.com/recently-added-accidents.htm http://www.sawaccidents.com/recently-added-accidents.htm