Table Saw Injuries and Accidents
Table saws are essential tools for many jobs. They make cutting materials quicker and easier. But table saws are also extremely dangerous. They can cut off a finger or multiple fingers in a split second if they are not equipped with a saw stop safety mechanism to brake the blade in an emergency.
Table saw manufacturers have a legal responsibility to make tools that are safe and effective when used as intended. But many table saws still lack modern safety brakes to prevent the amputation of a finger or other serious injury.
If you have been injured by a dangerously defective table saw or other power tool, you may be entitled to seek compensation for your injuries. The personal injury lawyers at Terry, Terry & Stapleton have been assisting victims of personal injury and defective products in Tennessee for more than four decades.
We represent clients throughout Tennessee including residents of Rogersville, Newport, Morristown, Knoxville, Kingsport, Johnson City, Jefferson City and Greeneville.
Call us today at 877-481-6918 to discuss your legal rights if you have been injured by a table saw that lacked a saw stop.
Table Saw Manufacturers and Saw Stop Safety Technology
The vast majority of table saw manufacturers haven’t updated the safety systems on their saws in decades, according to the National Consumers League, a non-profit group. Meanwhile, the number of table saw injuries has increased to more than 40,000 a year, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Table saw manufacturers have stubbornly resisted adopting saw stop safety mechanisms, contending that such mechanisms would require retooling production lines and raise the cost of table saws.
Table saw accidents involve bench saws, contractor saws and cabinet saws. They occur among professional cabinet makers, carpenters, and saw operators, as well as amateur home woodworkers. Table saw operators may suffer laceration, fractures or amputation injuries. About 10 percent of table saw injuries involve amputation of a finger or multiple fingers. That translates to about 10 finger amputations every day, according to the National Consumers League. Many of those amputation injuries cause permanent disfigurement.
In October 2011, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted to move forward with the development of national safety standards for table saws because of the unreasonable risk of injury that table saws pose. Current federal standards require that table saws used in workplaces have a bladeguard, a spreader and an anti-kickback device. But some saw operators takes steps to bypass, avoid, or discard the safety equipment because they think it gets in the way of operating the saw.
A serious table saw accident may leave you unable to work for an extended period of time, involve loss of income, and require job retraining. We may be able to help you obtain compensation to ease the financial stress after a serious accident so you can focus on recovery.
Contact A Tennessee Table Saw Injury Lawyer
If you have suffered a serious table saw injury resulting from a defective productive, contact a team of Tennessee personal injury attorneys with 48 years of experience in helping accident victims. We can’t heal your wounds, but we can help you obtain compensation to provide financial security and some peace of mind during the lengthy recovery process. That’s important.
Our goal at Terry, Terry & Stapleton is to obtain justice for you and your family by holding accountable manufacturers and distributors that make and sell unsafe products such as table saws. Take the first step by contacting a knowledgeable and compassionate Tennessee product liability and personal injury lawyer.
For a free, no-obligation consultation about your accident, call us at 877-482-2056
