[jurassicfoxy]

They are suggesting the blade retracted, broke the saw, in a situation in which there was no risk to the finger. Maybe there was a literally hotdog in the wood.

> If you're ripping a wet piece of wood, no thumb risk at all

[vkou]

How many expensive false alarms are you willing to accept, per serious injury avoided?

I'm no expert in this, but I'd say 'definitely way more than one'.

[Dylan16807]

And many people have experienced those ratios.

[zarzavat]

Most people would rather go bankrupt than lose a finger. Fingers are kind of important. If I can choose to keep my house or my finger, I’m definitely choosing the finger.

So just divide the average net worth of a saw operator by the cost of a saw to get how many saws a finger is worth.

[RoyalHenOil]

Really? I would definitely rather lose a finger than go homeless. Homeless people have far, far worse life outcomes than people with missing fingers.

[Retric]

A specific person isn’t the average homeless person who tend to be dealing with addiction, physical or mental illness, past incarceration, etc.

So talking about the average outcomes of a random homeless person doesn’t really apply here.

[zarzavat]

Exactly, homeless people living on the street should really be called familyless.

If I went bankrupt and lost everything I have a social safety net of family members who would put a roof over my head until I got on my feet again. Only people without that safety net end up on the streets. Or they have addictions that mean their family can’t take care of them anymore.

[Retric]

Many older woodworkers lost fingers often multiple fingers in multiple accidents.

So, the risk is really quite high here.

[throwway120385]

The guys I've seen lose fingers were all sleep-deprived and working flat out. The biggest risk to site safety is sleep deprivation and physical exhaustion.

[mzs]

StopSaw makes these. The saws, tables, and fasteners are beefy enough to survive.