Funny you posted this.
I was just in the Emergency Room week before last from a table saw accident. Took the tip of my right index finger off!
Luckily, not far enough down to get the bone.
I was making a trellis for my wife to go around our pool equipment. And to make it, I had to rip down some 1X6 cedar boards. I am usually careful and have the blade barely come through the wood. But the board was cupped a little in the middle and the blade wasn’t making it all the way through.
So, I raised the blade about 3/8” to finish the cut, but then got sidetracked doing something else. When I came back to it, I forgot that I had raised it up and cut again.
This time, my finger was overhanging the blade and the tip was gone before I knew it! I immediately grabbed a bunch of paper towels and trotted into the house. I didn’t want to look at it for fear I would get squeamish.
Five hours in the Emergency Room. Nothing to stitch, just X-Rays and tetanus shot and antibiotics.
After insurance, $2064 for Emergency Room. $240 for the doctor, billed separately. Before insurance it was over $4000.
I was back using the saw the next day. But with a lot more respect!
Sorry that happened to you. I use a push block to hold the wood down and a push stick to push the wood past the blade on anything other than a wide rip cut. An old carpenter with all his fingers taught me that.