woodworker stats

[Electric Comet]

does anyone anywhere keep track of woodworker stats besides osha or another agency like that

things like

age years at it favorite tools injuries favorite joining techniques

etc

[DerbyDad03]

I'll answer your question with a question:

Have you ever taken a survey during which that data was collected?

I'll take a guess and say the answer is "no". I sure haven't and I'll bet that very few woodworkers in this group have.

If no one is collecting the data, then no stats can be determined.

P.S. I doubt OSHA cares about favorite tools and favorite joining techniques.

[Bill]

I occasionally see the number of ER visits due to table saws reported.

[krw]

From OSHA or NIH? In any case, I doubt that either correlate ER visits by joinery type. ;-)

[Ed Pawlowski]

For many of us that is a favorite tool. All we need now is age, weight, baldness factor.

[J. Clarke]

Read the reports and they tell a different story from the one that one imagines. Dropped saw on foot while moving. Pinched finger in belt. Splinter lodged under fingernail. All ER visits due to table saws.

[DerbyDad03]

But I wouldn't consider them woodworking injuries. Maybe the splinter, but certainly not dropping the saw on a foot.

If I hurt myself changing a tire, does that count as an automobile accident? Not to me.

[John Grossbohlin]

From what I've noticed you left out the beardness factor... ;~)

[Swingman]

Yep, 13 stitches in right thumb, filleted when installing overhead blade support and it slipped ... ER classified as "table saw accident", despite that blade was removed and saw not plugged in.

[krw]

I suppose it would depend on what you're trying to prove by taking the "poll".

[krw]

Should have said it happened in the bedroom on your trapeze. It could have been classified as an STD.

[Puckdropper]

krw wrote in news: [e-mail]:

"Table saw accident" does sound a lot cooler than "Got a sliver under my fingernail."

Puckdropper

[DerbyDad03]

If I was sitting around the campfire with a bunch of friends on a fishing trip and I cut myself while sharpening my steak knife, I'd sure have a lot of choices:

Fire Related Accident Gang Related Incident Fishing Accident Cooking Accident

;-)

[Ed Pawlowski]

Sounds like attempted suicide to me.

[Mike Marlow]

Ya know - sometimes one can find the stupidist shit posted here....

[krw]

Of course, it's all of the above. Five accidents in one day proves that you can't take care of yourself and you need government's help. Oh, and since you attempted suicide, no guns for you!

[krw]

Just run with it.

[Jack]

If the saw was a SawStop, I'd recommend you sue the bastards for not having sufficient high res lettering that the blade is sharp and could cut you if you slip, or that the blade didn't hide before any damage could occur if touched, whether the saw was running or just sitting there being totally unsafe...

[Leon]

Perhaps you missed the part, DESPITE that the blade was removed and saw was not plugged in. He cut himself on the guard.

And FWIW it was/is a Unisaw.

[krw]

See how dangerous table saws are?!

I got a good cut (no stitches, though) on my UNisaw, with the blade in it. Of course it wasn't running at the time, but that doesn't seem to be statistically relevant. ;-)