Chainsaw accidents

[hedgesparrow]

have to admit its going back many years nicked my leg with my old oleo mac cutting through a fallen tree. underestimated and it cut through and came back lucky had mt chain saw trousers on stopped it dead. and full of kevlar.

since then never use saw without my trousers and i am very careful how i cut stuff now learnt my lesson. as for hand saws. a few cutting end of stool on a cut pleach and saw has slipped getting hand only minor. bill hook did me more damage 7 stitches in hand. became infected and unable to work for a week. as i say and did not do teach me cut away when using a sharp tool.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Mine was in heavy rain, I was clearing some epicormic growth and a cat jumped out. I was surprised and jammed the saw into my leg on the one day I neglected to wear my chainsaw trousers.

 

I was wearing my trousers, the ms200 was running at full tilt, it hit my trousers (type a) and dragged the trouser leg round till it got to the part where the protection stops and that's where it bit me, luckily my knee cap stopped the saw from cutting too deep.

 

When I patched myself up and restarted the saw, I just revved it up to clear the fibres and carried on using it without having to strip it down.

 

God knows what the damage would have been without my kegs on

[Eddy_t]

Nicked my boots with a saw, and once bashed my leg with the bar of my 385, plenty of pruning saw cuts, more than I can remember!

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

Heal quick fellas!

It worries me you were wearing trousers and that still happened Dean!

I caught my leg at full tilt with a 26 years ago, Saw jammed up instantly thank goodness!!

Also back calf area with 020, same again, trousers saved the day !!

[gand]

Been cut twice now. First time not long out of college, cutting a tree a tree up which rolled and knocked saw out of my hands. Had to get my little finger surgically repaired, please note I had no gloves on. Second time was a cut to my middle finger which I got cut by a colleague as I picked a branch up this time had gloves and hardly got a scar

[coleman]

Check my avatar, left forearm to the bone from kick back with a 200 used with one hand (yes i know). Luckily no nerve/tendon damage.

[Graham]

Hit my thumb on cut and chuck reduction once with no real damage luckily and once dropped 200T across my thigh on a takedown in an awkward position. Trousers saved the day. Could have been avoided by better positioning etc.

[Stubby]

A few nicks in my strides in the past . Had to have stitches when I put a hedge cutter in my leg .

[DN22 Gardening]

No penetrating cuts.

 

Caught the bottom of my trousers once when logging up on the floor

 

Foot on log, roll it forward, finish the cut sort of thing

[Grass hopper]

No not ever to date , I try and keep two hand and eyes on the saw at all times , reading this post makes me not want to , I hope all of you that have been cut are ok.

 

I have been bit by a silky more than once.