Feedback/ Help/ Queries

Email:
Message:
CaptchaRF
Processing...

Login

CaptchaRF
Forgot password?Create Username

Subscribe now!

United States of America - Safety Standard Addressing Blade - Contact Injuries on Table Saw

 Alerts

USA - Safety Standard Addressing Blade - Contact Injuries on Table Saw

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has determined preliminarily that there may be an unreasonable risk of blade-contact injuries associated with table saws. In 2015, there were an estimated 33,400 table saw, emergency department-treated injuries. Of these, CPSC staff estimates that 30,800 (92%) are likely related to the victim making contact with the saw blade. CPSC staff's review of the existing data indicates that currently available safety devices, such as the modular blade guard and riving knife, do not adequately address the unreasonable risk of blade-contact injuries on table saws. To address this risk, the Commission proposes a rule that is based, in part, on work conducted by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. The proposed rule would establish a performance standard that requires table saws, when powered on, to limit the depth of cut to 3.5 millimeters when a test probe, acting as surrogate for a human body/finger, contacts the spinning blade at a radial approach rate of 1 meter per second (m/s). The proposed rule would address an estimated 54,800 medically treated blade-contact injuries annually. The Commission estimates that the proposed rule's aggregate net benefits on an annual basis could range from about $625 million to about $2,300 million.

Products covered : Table saws. Safety of machinery (ICS 13.110), Machine tools (ICS 25.080).

Proposed date of adoption : To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined

Final date for comments : 26 July 2017

If the Proposal/Notification/Regulation will affect your International Business please send us your representation with facts and figures , so that these can be taken up suitably.

 


For Exporter
Frequently Asked Questions
Search ITC-HS Code & Tariff
HS Code
 (Please type 2 to 6 digits only)
 OR
Product
         
Upcoming Events
Latest News