I have been blessed over the years. Probably my worst injury in the shop came from a jointer. And like most injuries, I was trying to hurry. The wood was too thin and I had a finger drop on the blades.
Funny thing about that whole mistake. 4 days later my son and I won a blind golf tournament in Arizona. My finger was wrapped up so huge I couldn't even hold the club with it... ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Andrus To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:38 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Table saw injury report. My thumb was cut by a ten inch radial arm saw. I made sure I went down into the workshop the next day. You got to get back up on the horse right away, they say. And so that's what I did. That was in 1993. Dave A. Working together, sharing the light of salvation seen through the cross of Jesus Rev. Dave Andrus, Director Lutheran Blind Mission 888 215 2455 HTTP://WWW.BLINDMISSION.ORG -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7:46 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Table saw injury report. I've known people to lose 2 or 3 fingers like you were talking about earlier. For the life of me I couldn't convince myself to keep going after I hit the blade the first time... I know one guy claimed he was using a 12 inch commercial table saw with a very coarse ripping blade and he said his fingers just fit into the gullets. I wrestled with him in high school and he wasn't fast enough to get his fingers to fit in the gullets... But some of the stories are amusing when they tell them. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Table saw injury report. I live in a small town with a population of just over 5,000. I attend at least two hand injuries per year from saw cuts. There are several more less significant injuries which never make it to my Department. Not all are table saws of course, hand circular saws do a remarkable amount of damage to people as well. If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: Blind Handyman List Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:00 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Table saw injury report. Fine Woodworking just posted the abstract to a report about table saw injuries requiring emergency room treatment. This was for only non-work related injuries. There are over 30,000 table saw related injuries a year in the United States. The large majority of those injuries come from contacting the saw blade and involve the fingers and thumb. Pretty scarry when you think about it. Keep your head about you whenever you turn that thing on. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
