Who's cut themselves climbing!

[Pat Ferrett]

Never got even close to either cutting rope, clothing, or flesh with a chainsaw as for silkys I have nicked my hands on many occasions, the worst was topping a hedge I just ripped my blouse in a Nacho Libre fashion, tied the wobbly bits back together and cracked on

[Dilz]

many many silky cuts on left hand and arm. My first aid is let it bleed till it stops, cry a bit in the shower that night while picking the dirt out of it and repeat each night till its healed enough.... normally around 3 days sometimes more if its a deep one.

 

truth! i also find plugging the cut with sawdust and moss helps to stem the bleeding.... i once used spray on plaster, it hurt like hell and did nothing....

[Dilz]

i mentioned that in a previous post. hope one day it will be acknowledged.

 

didn't bother reading the long posts

 

wear gloves for your silky, i'm a barber (since i was 15yrs) you dont get paid if you stick a stripe up somebodies head, just cut what needs cutting.

 

chainsaws?? i'm confused, are you dropping, moving, swinging a running saw? surely with practice you could switch it off and waste 5mins, then you will have all your fingers and thumbs.

 

as per CS31 - you are to wait until the saw has stopped running before you remove it from the tree.

 

 

I'd suggest you do actually read the longer posts. This thread notwithstanding, pretty well most of the people prepared to write a long response to a thread have something valid to say. Generally, it's based on a deal of experience within the industry. There is rarely a long response without some value in it. The challenge is to be able to verbalise ones thoughts for everyone to understand the point one is attempting to portray. Picking the right form of words that says what you want to say without upsetting others is not always possible. I dare say hairdressing has its hazards too.

 

Very few climbers switch off between cuts, that's what the chainbrake is for. The point about a CS course for silkys is well intentioned but the principles are broadly similar to a chainsaw. Don't get any part of your body in the line of the cut. No matter how well trained climbers are there will always be occasions when errors or unforeseen incidents occur. Just as with racing drivers, to get it wrong can be catastrophic.

 

Oh! I got a scratch on my arm on Friday from a bramble in a tree. Do I write that in the accident book?

 

should i mention about the time you cut your thumb with a chain saw there jenksy?

[Mike Hill]

I'm mainly a rough Basteard,I've cut myself a couple of times and hurt myself on the job in numerous ways,but as an ex forces boss said once "If you make it to retirement without breaking any Bones or gaining permanent Scaring you've not been trying hard enough".

 

Its a tough job,do it long enough its going to hurt you sometime.

[daveclark890]

I am only just about to begin my life working with trees but I dont understand that there is no specialist course for 1st aid in this line of work.

 

I will be bringing with me 10 years experience of training to deal with injuries from explosions and gunshot being a soldier but I also have 1st aid at work and I dont think that would fully cover dealing with a saw cut.

[Paul Jenks]

I think that type of training would be more than adequate. We recently had a day with an international group who do battle first aid. First aid doesn't really prepare you for a big, sloppy, leaking, gaping chainsaw cut but when Mac cut his arm the training the boys had for rescue and bleed control certainly helped the situation.

First aid is first and foremost about getting help and keeping the casualty stable until the paramedics arrive.

[Danavan]

1st time knocking on the chain brake on 020 & missing, contacting slowing chain with the bit of my hand that holds my thumb on:blushing:

 

2nd time in a mewp one handed use (again) cutting a branch that was to much for me to cut & chuck ended up planting pushing chain into my right wrist as I had not (with all my other errors) taken into account the restriction of movement of arms due to the mewp bucket.

 

Both occasions I got myself down & was then driven to hospital.

1st aid under instruction from me as both times the other people around hadn't had full training in 1st aid & panicked somewhat at the sight of blood I think.

 

4 stitches & 3 butterfly on the 1st hit. 15 I think on the 2nd hit, some internal & the rest external, a little work on the slab to clean out stuff & tendon clean up.

 

I carry a small yellow 1st aid kit (prob out of date ect) thanks for reminding me:thumbup1:

[Ja-mes]

Cut through my knee to my kneecap 2 weeks ago with my Silky while doing some minor work. Was wearing jeans, didn't even realise I had done it, there was no pain. Looked down, saw I had cut my jeans and was about to carry on until I saw something white throught the hole - 'twas my kneecap.

Climbed down, got someone to drive me to A&E, got 4 stitches. Was quite a clean cut

Was a total lack of concentration, my mind was on something else. Won't make that mistake again..

Edited November 4, 2011 by Ja-mes

[skyhuck]

Cut through my knee to my kneecap 2 weeks ago. Was wearing jeans, didn't even realise I had done it, there was no pain. Looked down, saw I had cut my jeans and was about to carry on until I saw something white throught the hole - 'twas my kneecap.

Climbed down, got someone to drive me to A&E, got 4 stitches. Was quite a clean cut

Was a total lack of concentration, my mind was on something else. Won't make that mistake again..

 

Why were you wearing jeans:confused1:

[tomtrees]

Why were you wearing jeans:confused1:

 

I have been working in the industry for long enough to have cut rope pants hands (silky) bla bla and to known better than to wear jeans but am getting a bit lazy (never would when I was young)and on the ground chipping sometime wear jeans which always means cutting the odd bit of wood up (would have been out of my comfort zone 10 years ago)But would never admit to it in public

 

I think some of the real bad ones seem to be with the stumpy

 

Had a customer collapse on me recently forgot all the important things and **** myself Hope I never have to deal with any thing like that again.