Counterintuitive Spring 2023

5)Outraged plaintiff:

5A)In Chicago a man named Wec was injured by a miter saw. Wec says his injury could have been prevented if Bosh and his competitors had fought against the safety technology. And he demands more than 30,000

5B) The man claims the flesh detection blade could have prevent his injury from Bosch miter saw in year 2007.He also claims that inventor of the the flesh detection offered Bosh a license for it but he disagreed.And Bosh even lobbied his consumer product safety commission to prevent the adoption of flesh detection system as safety standard.5 C) This is a casual claim 5D)In the article, the plaintiff mentions how safer alternative was available for years but Bosh wanted to continue working and selling on his own version.

6)Personal Injury Lawyers

7. Government Officials

• 7a. “Based on the injury data obtained in the 2007 and 2008 CPSC special study, our staff’s injury cost model projected that consumers suffered approximately 67,300 medically treated blade contact injuries annually in 2007 and 2008—with an associated injury cost of $2.36 billion dollars in each of those two years.”

• The quote is saying that in the years 2007 and 2008 alone there were 67,300 injured from blade contact and that the costs from the injuries were at $2.36 billion dollars.
• The first claim is factual. It is stating that 67,300 were injured in the years 2007 and 2008.
  • The second claim is a factual claim. The claim states that the expenses from the injuries were up to $2.36 billion dollars.
  • The first claim is supported by data that obtained from a creditable source. It is logical to process because of the high risks that come from working with table saws.
  • The second claim is also supported through accurate special studies. It is logical to process the amount it would cost for injury due to hospital bills and the expenses after the hospital visit.
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  • 3Industry Spokespeople

  3a. “The additional cost to manufacturers to implement this technology is estimated to be between $150-$200 per product, an amount that will be passed on to the consumer.”

  3b. The quote is talking about the expenses that the company would have to spend in order to implement the technology. They’re stating that with the new saw stop it would cost more to produce thus costing more money for the person buying the saw.

  3c. This claim is factual

  3d. The claim is logical. Most companies are always looking for ways to keep production costs down and with this new technology it is doing the exact opposite.

  3e. although it would cost more, the simple addition of $100 is nothing compared to the money that the companies will not have to pay in lawsuits. When customers go and buy the saws they’ll understand that the initial cost is more but overtime and no trips to the hospital will be worth it.

2.Customers

2A.Injured man says Bosch Tool lobbied feds to keep safer power saws off the market

2B.A man who has been cut by a miter saw says Robert Bosch Tool corp should be kept from being required on table saws.

2C.what type of claim?

2D. Ryzard Wec has been injured by the safer power saws think that they should be off the market.He agrees not to employ such safer alternatives.Wec wants to assure that those alternatives would not become “state of the art”. Wec believes his permanant and “traumatic” injury could have been prevented if Bosch and its competitors had not rejected  the safety technology.

6.personal injury Lawyers

6A. Table saw Injury Lawyer

6B.Thousands of people are severely injured after using table saws

6C. what type of claim?

6D.Many people who have been injured are bringing table saw injury lawsuits against table saw manufacturers.there are over 40,000 table saws injuries every year.largest tool manufacturers rejected swats safety technology.

Personal Injury Lawyers –

6A: “Every year, there are over 40,000 table saw injuries, resulting in more than 4,000 amputations. Table saws cause more injuries than any other woodworking tool. Although SawStop safety technology has been around for more than ten years, not all table saw manufacturers have adopted it. In fact, the world’s largest tool manufacturers rejected it.”

6B: A lot of claims have been stated in this paragraph

-“Every year, there are over 40,000 table saw injuries…”

– “resulting in more than 4,000 amputations.”

-“Table saws cause more injuries than any other woodworking tool.”

-“not all table saw manufacturers have adopted it.”

-“the worlds largest tool manufacturers rejected it.”

6C:

-The kind of claim used in the first 2 statements are casual, there are 40,000 table saw injuries every year, it resulted in more than 4,000 amputations, this statement can spark controversy unto why we need Saw Stop.

-In the other claims written in this paragraph they could be categorized as factual because all of them exert factual statements that pursue unto why we need Saw Stop to be taken more serious as a company and a product.

6D: In this paragraph the issue for why we need Safe Stop is clearly stated. There are the facts more injuries occur from table saws than they do with woodworking tools and a lot of table saw manufacturers have yet to want to cope with the concept of being safe in the workshop. This point is so on point because it is a well deserved and needed fact.

6E: The first sentence it explains that 40,000 table saw injuries resulting in more than 4,000 amputations, yet it does not tell unto why the people were sent to the emergency room, was it because of Table Saw Injuries, or other reasons? The article also speaks on how Saw Stop was turned down by one of the worlds largest manufacturer companies. No one tells why it was rejected, was it because they needed to better the machine? Were there injuries that happened with the first model and caused a reasoning for rejection? Was it too much money for just an idea? There is no specific point on the why of they fact and are more going around what really needs to be explained with this fact.

Manufacturer:

1A. Steven Gas the founder of SawStop stated that he’s making table saws “safer.”

2A. It claims that Gas believes his product is safer than ones that are currently out.

3A. This sounds like a factual claim that Gas did make table saws safer by creating the SawStop.

4A. This claim that Gas, the founder of SawStop is making table saws safer is certainly true factually. Not only is it true but it’s persuasive as well, by getting people to want to purchase this “safer” product.

Customer:

2A. Chris Harmon, who owns a cabin making business in Mississippi made a remark about the SawStop. He said “This is incredible! This guy is going to be well off!”

2B. This claim states that Harmon is in favor of the SawStop invention and thinks it was an incredible invention that’ll leave Gas well off, in other words wealthy.

2C. This is a causal claim that Harmon thinks the SawStop is an incredible invention that will leave founder Steven Gas wealthy (since the product should sell fast since it is so incredible).

2D. This is a reasonable claim because if the product is as incredible as Harmon says it is, i it should be improved by major power-tool companies such as Black & Decker and placed on the market.

Industry Spokesperson:

3A. Susan Young who represents Black & Decker, Makita, Bosch and many other power-tool companies said “SawStop is currently available in the marketplace to any consumer who chooses to purchase it.” In other words, she’s saying let the consumers decide if the find the product worthy of paying $100-$300 in cost.

3B. This statement claims that Susan Young suggests if customers find the product worthy of paying$100-$300 in cost they will pay for it if they decide to.

3C. This is a casual claim. It draws the conclusion that many customers may not find the product worthy of the price.

3D. This is an accurate and logical claim. After all, since the product will be a lot more expensive than other products already on the market that could possibly work just as good many will not purchase it when cheaper options are available.

Consumer Safety Advocates:

4A. An article on Table Saw Injury Lawyers States “Consumer advocates have asked the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to pass new rules that would require injury prevention technology to be included on all table saws sold in the U.S.”

4B. This claim states that Consumer Advocates want rules that require injury prevention technology to be on all table saws sold in the U.S.

4C. This is a simple factual claim that Consumer Advocates want injury prevention rules on all table saws.

4D. This claim is unsubstantiated, it isn’t a guarantee that these rules will be applied on all table saw or even passed.

Injured Plaintiffs:

5A. Ryszard Wec, a man who was cut by a miter saw says “By agreeing not [to] employ such safer alternatives, defendant and its competitors attempted to assure that those alternatives would not become ‘state of the art’, thereby attempting to insulate themselves from liability for placing a defective product on the market.”

5B. Ryszard Wec claims that his traumatic and permanent injury is a result of Bosch and its competitors rejecting safety technology.

5C. This is a quality claim, that suggests Wec injuries could have in fact been a result from the decline of safer technology.

5D. The claim that his permanent and traumatic injury occurred from the lack of safety technology is accurate and logical. This injury could have been avoided if Bosch accepted the safety technology instead of denying it by fearing they would be liable to a defective product.

Personal Injury Lawyers:

6A. The Schmidt Firm, PLLC wrote “Every year there are over 40,000 table saw injuries resulting in more than 4,000 amputations.”

6B. Claims that there are so many injuries and amputations as a result of table saws without safety technology.

6C. This is a consequence claim that 40,000 injuries and over 4,000 amputations resulted from the use of table saws with no safety technology.

6D. This claim that so many injuries and amputations come from table saws is probably accurate as well as persuasive in wondering if the blade cuts off the fingers? Or injures the fingers so badly that the best solution is an amputation.

Government Officials:

7A. Chairman Inez M. Tenebaum stated “Today’s unanimous vote…determined to be part of the solution to reduce the serious number of preventable injuries that occur a year.”

7B. This statement claims that the U.S Consumer Safety Commission approves of safety technology to be a part of the solution as to why so many injuries will be prevented.

7C. This is a casual claim that the U.S. Consumer Safety Commission claims to be a part of the reason that injuries can be prevented once the rule for safety technology is passed.

7D. The claim that they want to be part of the solution is certainly reasonable and factual. However, it is unclear if they want to be the FULL reason as to why injuries are prevented once the rule is passed or simply just a part of the reason if they are the ones who approve the safety technology laws.

News Reporter:

8A. From NPR news, a news reported stated “Well for some time now an inventor has been trying to persuade power tool makers to use a new safety device called SawStop.”

8B. It claims that the inventor has been trying to persuade power tool makers to use his safer product but he hasn’t gotten them to.

8C. This claim that the inventor has been “trying to persuade” sounds like a casual claim.

8D. This claim is probably accurate, at least to the degree that the inventor has been trying to persuade them but hasn’t been successful in doing so.

1A: “I am making table saws safer, they are an incredibly dangerous machine”

1B: Gass says that table saws are very dangerous and they need to be safer for users.

1C: This claims sounds factual but he doesn’t provide tell us why they are dangerous and how much safer they will be.

1D: What makes this an incredibility dangerous machine? Ar the injures the fault of the machine or user error? Was the user not paying attention?

2A: “My fingers are valuable, all the finger in my shop are valuable. We’re taking about minimum wage employees that go out drinking all night then come to work and are bent over a table saw all day.”

2B: The saw stop can prevent them from cutting fingers off. They go out drinking the night before work so they are more likely prone to injury.

2C:

7A: “Table aw send upwards of 40,000 people to the hospital each year. More than 3,000 people get amputations.”

7B: 40,000+ people suffer from table saw injuries and 3,000 need amputations.

7C: This is a factual claim that identifies the yearly amount of saw related injuries.

7D: The claims says that the table saw send upward of 40,000 people to the hospital. That means that it could be more than 40,000 or less than 40,000. These injuries could also be minor and unrelated to blade. They could be kickback injuries or accidents while the machine is off.  3,000 amputations could’ve been from prior injures aggravated by the new accident. It also says more than 3,000 people, that could mean 3,001.

7E: Many of these injuries could be from user error and many of these injuries could’ve been minor scratches.

8A: A reporter stated “A lot of people get hurt by table saws” and “saw stop is able to stop a blade as soon as it comes in contact with human flesh.”

8B: The claims just states that saws cause many injuries and that the saw stop can stop at human contact.

8C: This claims sounds like a factual claim but doesn’t supply any evidence.

8D:This claim is vague because we don’t know how many people are hurt by table saws, how many does the reporter consider a lot? Is two a lot for the reporter? 200? 2,000?

8E: Again, how many people is a lot in the eyes of the reporter. Is saw stop going to stop if someones shirt gets sucked in?

Injured Plaintiffs

In Chris Arnold’s “Advocates Urge Lawmakers To Make Table Saws Safer”, Arnold quoted a former carpenter, Adam Thull after a tragic injury, “Now we are on food stamps, medical assistance, energy assistance,” he says. “I want to call it a living nightmare.”

5B.

1.After Adam Thull experienced an accident from his table saw his whole life changed because now him and his family are dependent on food stamps, medical assistance, and energy assistance.

2. The change in his life is a nightmare to him.

5C.

The type of claim that is being made is a categorical claim because it is listing what Adam is going through after his accident.

5D.

I think that this is very persuasive to let the readers know what Adam is going through. Adam used to be a successful small business owner and to call it a living nightmare does support the article, which the article’s purpose is to inform people why people want the SawStop to be made mandatory.

5E.

Although the SawStop could prevent many injuries, there are other factors to consider if SawStop was made mandatory. If this invention was made mandatory, then there would be a possibility for lawsuits to be made by injured victims towards business for not having the SawStop, which is not fair because the SawStop was just introduced.

0:01

The back of a little boy can be seen looking at a fence or even opening it.The area looks very suburban. We can see a light pole and one car passing by the young boy.  The boy is probably a young elementary student because of the book bag on his back. On the left of the frame, there is part of a white house. Could it be a school or his home? The clothes the boy are wearing are pretty clean and simple.

0:02

The young boy opened the fence which looked old because of the gray rustic color. Looking at the body language, the boy does not seemed scared to open the gate. Then boy walked into the building. He seems to close the door comfortably because he body does not shift backwards to shut the door.

0:03

The boy turns slightly to the left. Maybe he was greeting someone? We can see the boy move forward towards a room or a person.

0:05

The boy puts his book bag on the floor in what it seems like the kitchen. The kitchen looks rather empty but clean. His body language tells us that he’s pretty comfortable because he heads straight for the fridge like it was a routine. The drawing on the refrigerator probably belongs to the young boy.

0:07

When the boy opens the refrigerator, there is little food the fridge. There are a couple of sauces and something in two containers. There’s not a variety of food the boy can eat. The Jar on the middle shelf looks like pasta sauce and next to it maybe be some sort of juice or milk.

0:09

We can see the boy through the crack of the open fridge. He is looking down like he’s trying to find food; however, he does not look surprised. It seems like the lack of food or his routine is nothing new to him.

0:11

We can now see the whole entire fridge and it’s basically empty. The boy is looking up to see if there is any food on the top shelf of the fridge. There is a drawing on the refrigerator, but there is no male figure in it. Does he not have a father? The family or whoever owns the fridge might be poor or even neglectful because of the lack of food.

0:12

There are multiple drawings that are seen on the fridge with blue certificate. Maybe it was from school. The drawings might belong to other kids that are in the house. Maybe siblings? The hearts on the refrigerator might indicate that the people who live there are happy, but maybe they’re just struggling because of poverty.

0:13

The boy gets to the shelf above the counter and he opens it. Maybe the boy knows where his parents or the adult of the house stores the food so he puts it upon himself to find food. When the boy opens the cabinet, he finds spices. There are some canned food but not that many. The shelf has some open spots where food might used to be. None of the food can be distinguished; however, the can smeat can me read clearly. Maybe this is a common item the kid eats for his meals? He doesn’t take it so that might indicate that he is tired of it.

0:15

The boy can be seen looking up on the shelf. He looks like he’s thinking about something. The boy looks rather sad and disappointed that he couldn’t find what he was looking for. He looks like he’s about to grab the ends of his sweater while looking down towards the ground.

0:18

The boy looks like he’s walking away from the kitchen. On the way out he spares a glance at the refrigerator one last time. His book bag disappears. Maybe someone took it somewhere or it was a simple director mistake.

0:21

The scene changes to Scarlett Johansson. On the side of the screen there is a logo that says “Feeding America”. Her expression looks serious like she is delivering an important message. She seems to tell us to give someone back to people. Is it money or food? Going off context of the video, it seems she maybe be asking us to give food to families.

0:28-31 (end)

The logo Feeding America is now centered in the video implying its importance.

While listening to the video with audio, it made a big difference. Yes I could imply that the video was about a boy who was looking for something to eat (like a snack) when there was no audio. However, when I listened to it with audio it made a greater impact. A young boy goes home wanting to eat, but there is no food in his household. In the end, the lady told us a statistic about how 1 in 5 families struggle with hunger in America.  If there wasn’t any audio throughout the clip, I would not know it was about hunger until the very end when it says “Feeding America”.