They are suggesting the blade retracted, broke the saw, in a situation in which there was no risk to the finger. Maybe there was a literally hotdog in the wood.
> If you're ripping a wet piece of wood, no thumb risk at all
> If you're ripping a wet piece of wood, no thumb risk at all
I'm no expert in this, but I'd say 'definitely way more than one'.
So, the risk is really quite high here.
So just divide the average net worth of a saw operator by the cost of a saw to get how many saws a finger is worth.
So talking about the average outcomes of a random homeless person doesn’t really apply here.
If I went bankrupt and lost everything I have a social safety net of family members who would put a roof over my head until I got on my feet again. Only people without that safety net end up on the streets. Or they have addictions that mean their family can’t take care of them anymore.