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In 2006, the Commission granted a petition asking that the Commission issue a rule to prescribe performance standards for an active injury mitigation (AIM) system to reduce or prevent injuries from contacting the blade of a table saw. The Commission subsequently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would establish a performance standard requiring table saws to limit the depth of cut to 3.5 millimeters when a test probe, acting as a surrogate for a human body/finger, contacts the table saw's spinning blade. Staff has conducted several studies to provide information for the rulemaking. In November 2023, the Commission published a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) based on analysis of newly available incident data, evaluation of newly available products, and other market information that did not exist at the time of the 2017 NPRM. On February 28, 2024, The Commission provided an opportunity for interested parties to make oral presentations on the SNPR. The hybrid hearing was held in person at CPSC’s headquarters and remotely via webinar.  Staff is redacting data for release for additional public comment and will make those available for public comment in a forthcoming notice of availability (NOA). Staff is assigned to submit a final rule briefing package to the Commission in fiscal year 2024.