Jigsaws

47 YOM C/O FOREIGN BODY IN LT EYE 2 HOURS AGO, HE WAS USING A JIGSAW CUTTING WOOD. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION

39YOM WAS USING A JIGSAW AND CUT HIS FINGER. DX: FINGER LACERATION.

73 YOM CUT FINGER USING A JIGSAW DX: LAC

43YOM WAS USING A JIGSAW CUTTING WOOD WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIS RIGHT KNEE DX: LACERATION KNEE

55 YOM CUT HIS RIGHT HAND ON A JIGSAW, DX; HAND LACERATION

24YOM PATIENT REPORTS THAT HIS FINGERS GOT CAUGHT IN A JIG, HE HAS 2 SMALL WOUNDS. DX: FINGER FRACTURE

79YOM PRESENTS WITH A FRACTURE TO HIS FINGER AFTER USING A JIGSAW AND CUTTING HIS FINGER. DX: FRACTURE OF FINGER, LACERATION TO FINGER

51YOM PRESENTS WITH FOOT LACERATION. PATIENT STATES HE CUT HIS FOOT WITH A JIGSAW. DX: FOOT LACERATION

32YOM, WAS TRIMMING TREE BRANCHES WITH A JIGSAW WHEN THE SAW FELL ONTO HIS LEFT FOREARM, NO THINNERS, DX: LACERATION OF MULTIPLE SITES OF RIGHT UPPER EXTREMITY

47YOM ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER JIGSAW DX: CUT OF SKIN OF LEFT INDEX FINGER

14YOF WAS IN JEWELRY CLASS AND THIN JIGSAW BLADE BROKE OFF INTO HER FINGER. DX FB FINGER

67YOM PT USING A JIGSAW, SAW SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING LUMBER, CUT FNGERGS DX: LACERATION OF RT RING FINGER, MULTIPLE ABRASIONS OF FINGER #

The product in question is: BLACK+DECKER BDCJS20C 20V MAX JigSaw with Battery and Charger I have now had two consecutive products fail as described below: 1. Product suddenly got slow. 2. I assumed that the battery was just dead and switched to a new battery. 3. The second battery threw out a shower of sparks. 4. Both batteries no longer take a charge. The first one got light use over the course of just two weeks before it failed. The second lasted less than one hour. This product is clearly dangerously defective by design and needs to be recalled. It lacks proper overcurrent protection to prevent destroying batteries, and obviously has some sort of flaw that can cause the mechanism to jam up internally, resulting in locked rotor current.

I have a Ryobi Jigsaw with a quick change bit holder. I was setting up the jigsaw for cutting a board, with no battery in it. The jigsaw blade sometimes doesn't engage and flies out, so I check by tugging at the blade when I put it in. This night, I couldn't get the blade to engage. That is a danger in itself because I don't know what causes it to engage and what doesn't, and sometimes the blade goes flying when I start it up, or just after. To try to"fix" that issue, I took the blade out and put the battery in. I planned on triggering the tool with no blade, in hopes it would rattle the quick change mechanism into working order. Then I planned to take the battery out and put the blade in and make sure it was secure. I didn't get that far, as when I plugged in the battery I accidently hit the trigger while switching my grip. I immediately felt pain. My thumb was likely between the plunger and the guide for the blade when it engaged. I went to the ER. My nail is cracked, my thumb broken and there is a nail bed laceration. Unrelated to this issue, but I have accidentally engaged the lock off, causing the jigsaw not to turn off when I expect it to. I feel like a better design would have a safety where the lock off is, like the one on the ryobi circular saw.

I purchased a Bosch Jigsaw model 1584AVS. The saw has a quick release mechanism for the blade. This is supposed to make the blade easy to change without using tools. The mechanism fails and the blade loosens turns and will fly out of its housing. While completing a cut the blade has come loose from its housing and has flown into the top of my shoe. After a few other attempts the blade will loosen and fly out when started. I emailed Bosch's customer service department and have not received any responses. They have changed the blade mechanism on their newer models. I have only used this saw twice. I was using the jigsaw to cut out an arch with 5/8 inch plywood the first time. The second attempt was a failure because the blade continued to fly out when started even thought the mechanism locked in as the instruction manual indicated it would.