Yesterday, my uncle lost most of the first joint of left ring finger in a jointer. Last year I almost lost my left ring finger while adjusting lower guides on a band saw that was running with lower cover open.
For those that track these kind of things, which fingers seem to get bit most often? I'm thinking that thumb, fore finger, and index finger don't get hit as often as ring finger since we tend to work with those three vs all five.
I think we fixate on the key three and loose track of the other two per hand.
The whole point of this message is to remind people to think about all your fingers and not just the ones that are guiding your stock.
Wes