Deodar

I think most of the accidents have a lot to do with the environment.
Did anyone ask the question where do most of these accidents occur? I think you'll find most often they take place in the home shop setting. The scenario may go like this, you have a nice dinner with the wife and or kids, maybe you had a beer or two with it. Then you get the urge to go into the garage and get some more work done on that project. So you've got three factors already working against you 1. Two beers at dinner. 2. Tired after work. 3. A layed back approach to safety because it's in the home environment where you're almost too relaxed.
The other side of the coin is doing this for a living and going into a work environment where you're focus is required and distractions are at a minimum.
Lastly, I think some of the blame can be placed on the manufacturers of tablesaws. By now they should have come up with a saw that has user friendly guards and splitters that would render the saw inoperable if removed or make them non-removable all together.