I found that video comforting, because the operator made very obvious bad decisions I don't have to make. No splitter, no push stick, no pawls, no guard, no Sawstop, not a sliding table saw, didn't push down on the far end with a stick, no featherboard, stood in the wrong place...it's hard to think of anything he did right. If he had taken common-sense precautions and still gotten cut, I would find the video much more disturbing. His accident doesn't make saws look unsafe. It just reinforces what I've been taught about safety. He says he did three things wrong. No mention of the others. Oh, man. Not good.
The things that disturb me are the near-misses I've had when doing my best to protect myself. I hate finding out there are safety tips I'm not aware of.
Seems like it's always the experienced people who do these things. "I've been doing this 30 years, and I've never been hurt." Of course you haven't. Even if you do it wrong, you probably won't get hurt. Mishaps don't happen every time you do something stupid, but doing risky things makes it certain that they will happen if you live long enough.
Many people have lived and died without wearing safety belts in the car, without suffering harm as a result, but there are also a lot of people wearing diapers and being fed with a spoon because they thought they were too smart to buckle up.
Karl Wallenda walked tightropes without nets for over 70 years, with a perfect safety record. Then he fell off and died.
Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of bench.
I was socially distant before it was cool.
A little authority corrupts a lot.