WASHINGTON -- About 10 people lose a finger or mangle a hand in a table saw each day. And for years there has been a technology designed to prevent those injuries, prompting consumer advocates to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill has been introduced in Congress that would prevent a proposed Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) rule on saw safety claiming the rule would lead to a monopoly on table ...

Apparently ending decades of efforts to require SawStop-style flesh-sensing safety devices on table saws, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission quietly dropped a proposed rule that had ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is poised to take action on safety standards for table saws, eight years after concerns about injuries were brought to its attention. Lengthy study of the issue, ...

Ben Blatt is a reporter for The Upshot and an amateur woodworker who once received stitches for a band saw injury. What’s it worth to you to minimize the risk of cutting off a finger? $300? $600?

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For woodworkers, the table saw stands as both a revered tool and a potential danger. One saw, SawStop, uses an innovative technology to prevent the saw from cutting more than wood. The feds are now ...

One day about 20 years ago, Tom Noffsinger experienced every woodworker's worst nightmare: One final cut on his table saw before knocking off for the day turned into a trip to the emergency room. It ...

Donald Trump’s yes-men at the Consumer Product Safety Commission are withdrawing a series of proposed safety rules, including an appendage-saving safety mandate for table saws. This will mean ...

Every day, more than 10 Americans suffer amputations on what is by far the most dangerous woodworking tool: the table saw. Regulators in Washington, D.C., are moving closer to adopting a rule that ...