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Table saw accident

Have you ever used a table saw? Then you probably know the potential it has to cause devastating injuries! This is a case of a table saw accident leading to severe injury of the thumb. The thumb was unfortunately too damaged to be saved and was amputated. Table saws are ubiquitous equipment that have the potential to cause severe injuries. Many of these injuries results in finger and thumb tendon, nerve, and vascular damage or amputation. Although cut speed is dependent on how fast an item is pushed into the saw blade, cutting one of the vital structures of the fingers or thumb or amputating a whole digit can happen in milliseconds. In some cases, this split-second injury can cause lifelong impairment.