I've just looked at their website and see that they've posted some photos of fingers and thumbs that have triggered the saw. They've got a pretty good nick but nothing compared to losing part of your body. My friend's father just cut part of his thumb off with a table saw. I do agree with those who say that this should not be mandated by the government.

I work at a university. We purchased one of the first of these saws that they produced - we had to wait over six months or so for it. The company does not charge too much of a premium in price over the price of a high quality standard table saw. For workplace safety, this saw is well worth the cost. We haven't had anyone cut themself with the saw but we have triggered the mechanism with the following: wet wood glue, staples and carpenter bees. If you know you've got any of that stuff in the wood, then you can put the saw in bypass mode while you make your cut(s). The cartridges are around $75.00 each. The blade generally is not damaged by the mechanism. Our carpentry shop has used this saw extensively over the past three or so years. It is very well built. We haven't had any problems with it. Hopefully, the company has not decided to start cutting corners since they rolled out their first production models.