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(USGovernment-News.Com, May 13, 2015 ) New York, NY -- A table saw injury lawsuit initially filed by our co-counsel was recently joined by Alonso Krangle LLP. The table saw lawsuit was filed on behalf of a West Virginia man whose four fingers on his left hand were nearly sliced off after using a Stanley Black & Decker table saw. The table saw complaint filed by the law firm of Chaffin Luhana of Weirton, West Virginia states that the plaintiff was at work in August 2013 and using a Black & Decker DeWalt Model DW722 to make what is known as a “dado cut”. According to the table saw injury lawsuit, the DeWalt Saw’s operator’s manual explained that dado cuts must be made with the saw’s blade guard removed since dado cuts are “not through cuts.” The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was making the dado cut when the saw sliced his “four fingers almost through” on his left hand which caused him substantial pain and suffering and significant expenses for medical care and treatment. The table saw injury lawsuit alleges that the defendants, Black & Decker and DeWalt Industrial Tool, failed to include a guard that was able to remain attached to the saw while the user performed a dado cut. The complaint also claims that the defendants requiring the user to remove the blade guard makes it unreasonably dangerous to operate the saw.
(Case No. 14-C-172, Brooke County Circuit Court, Brooke County, West Virginia)
Table Saw Injury News and Lawsuits
Table saw injury lawsuits being filed across the country, including the complaint joined by Alonso Krangle LLP, allege that table saw operators have seriously injured, as well as amputated, their fingers, hands, arms and other body parts as a result of accidentally coming into contact with the spinning blade. The complaints allege that table saws are equipped with safety devices, such as splitters and riving knives to prevent kickbacks (when the blade unexpectedly drives the wood back toward the individual using the wood), but the devices have to be removed when performing certain cuts. The lawsuits accuse table saw manufacturers of promoting their machinery as being safe to use, but did not include flesh-sensing technology, such as SawStop, that can detect the difference between wood and the operator’s skin and stop the saw blade when it detects human flesh.
According to SawStop’s official website, table saw blades with SawStop technology carry a small electrical signal. When skin comes in contact with the blade, the electrical signal changes because “the human body is conductive.” The signal change activates the safety system, which involves an aluminum brake that springs into the saw blade and stops it from spinning. The blade’s angular momentum drives the blade beneath the table and shuts off power to the motor. According to SawStop, this action occurs in less than 5 milliseconds.
[sawstop.com/why-sawstop/the-technology]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is proposing new safety standards for table saws due to the number of complaints regarding the machinery as well data compiled by the commission. According to the CPSC’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, there were an estimated 33,200 average annual emergency room-treated injuries associated with table saws from 2009 through 2013. The CPSC issued an “Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” in September 2011 which asked for comments on means to address table saw injury risks. On June 27, 2014, the CPSC issued a letter stating that it had received a proposal requiring “an active injury mitigation system to mitigate injury from a rotating saw blade,” which would be similar to SawStop. According to the letter, CPSC’s staff reviewed and supports the proposal. The next step in the process is “the standards technical panels and stakeholder review process,” the letter said.
[cpsc.gov//PageFiles/90189/tablesaw.pdf, September 14,2011]
[cpsc.gov//Global/Research-and-Statistics/Injury-Statistics/Home%20Maintenance%20and%20Construction/ULcomment062714.pdf, June 27, 2014]
About Alonso Krangle LLP And Filling A Table Saw Injury Lawsuit
Andres Alonso and David Krangle, attorneys with 40 years of collective legal experience, have focused their law practice on the handling of significant personal injury cases, Defective Drug and Medical Device Litigation, Construction Site Accidents, Nursing Home Abuse, Medical Negligence, Whistleblower Actions and Consumer Fraud Cases. A dedicated law firm representing injured victims throughout the U.S., Alonso Krangle LLP is headquartered in Long Island, New York, with offices in New York City, and New Jersey. To discuss filing a table saw injury lawsuit, please contact Alonso Krangle LLP at 1-800-403-6191.
For More Information About Alonso Krangle LLP Or To Join The Fight And Be A Part Of Our Team, Please Contact Us At 1-800-403-6191 Or Visit Our Website, http://www.fightforvictims.com.
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