After tens of thousands of disfiguring injuries, companies like Black & Decker are still resisting safety fixes

An Oscar Meyer wiener, serving as proxy for a finger, was pushed into the spinning blade of a table saw. The demonstration at the International Woodworkers Fair in Atlanta mimicked the way gruesome table saw injuries often occur. But this saw was equipped with a safety device called SawStop that allowed the blade to distinguish between wood and flesh, and to stop fast enough to prevent serious harm. Sure enough, the blade came to a dead stop in about three one-thousandths of a second, leaving the dog with only a minor nick. Read more - http://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/power_tool_industry_too_powerful_to_regulate_partner/

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