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Being a relatively new user of a table saw, I had experienced a few minor kickbacks of trim pieces when cutting long bulky pieces alone. The realization of how dangerous it could be, became especially apparent while trimming up some floor boards with my son-in-law. I was feeding the stock and he was on the outfeed end. We had just finished the cut and before I could grab the thin 1/2" scrap the blade sent it sailing about 15 ft out the open garage door and directly into my tractor seat. It didn't puncture the seat, but we both stood there with our mouths hanging wide open, because only a few minutes earlier, my grandson had been sitting there. We thought we were being especially dilligent and well in control. Our tablesaw respect-o-meters jumped up about 100 percent. Fortunately for us a good lesson with a good ending.