Safety Standard Addressing Blade-Contact Injuries on Table Saws

Protection of human health or safety (TBT)

Table saws

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13.110 - Safety of machinery; 13.110 - Safety of machinery; 25.080 - Machine tools; 25.080 - Machine tools

Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; notice of opportunity for oral presentation of comments - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) has determined preliminarily that there may be an unreasonable risk of blade-contact injuries associated with table saws. To address this hazard, the Commission proposes a rule under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) that would establish a performance standard that requires table saws to limit the depth of cut to no more than 3.5 millimeters when a test probe, acting as surrogate for a human finger or other body part, approaches the spinning blade at a rate of 1 meter per second (m/s). The Commission is providing an opportunity for interested parties to present comments on this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPR).This action and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1289 are identified by Docket Number CPSC-2011-0074. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC-2011-0074/document and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.Deadline for Written Comments: Written comments must be received by 2 January 2024. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders by 4pmEastern Time on 2 January 2024 will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.Deadline for Request to Present Oral Comments: Any person interested in making an oral presentation must send an email indicating this intent to the Office of the Secretary at cpsc-os@cpsc.gov by 1 December 2023 (Eastern Time). WTO Members are also asked to copy the USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point on any such request: usatbtep@nist.gov

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