A recent nasty injury to an apprentice led to the discovery of a problem with the blade guard of the Makita 7¼" portable power saw,

Model No.5806B.
http://www.makita.com.au/db/viewitem.asp?id=95&catid=64

The injury occured when the guard did not spring back closed after the cut was completed.

It has been found it is possible to force the safety guard past the stop which prevents the guard from returning to the closed position.

Makita is currently working on fix and further information will be available soon.

The alert is on the web site:

http://www.eric.sa.gov.au/show_page.jsp?id=2800


[This message has been edited by Eastie (edited 31 October 2002).]