How safe are your feet? Chainsaw boot test

[Mick the Tree]

I have just tested the cut protection on 2 pairs of chainsaw boots. Neither managed to stop, or even significantly slow the chain; the kevlar on the Haix boots did not wrap round the sprocket at all, and on the Alico it wrapped slightly (see picture), but nowhere near enough to produce resistance. Infact the leather seemed to produce far more resistance than the kevlar!

 

See the videos here:

Chainsaw Boot Test - YouTube - Haix Protector Lights

Chainsaw Boot Test - YouTube - Alico

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

shocking. so manafacturers, are we paying for merely ticking the HSE boxes?

 

me thinks so

[Mick the Tree]

I honestly think you would be just as safe with decent leather workboots - at a fraction of the cost

[Craig Johnson]

any boot will fail those tests mike:lol: their desgined to pass a test like this

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iIIFUYwDrU&NR=1&feature=endscreen]Chainsaw boots test - YouTube[/ame]

[skyhuck]

PPE is only there to "give you a chance", saws are dangerous and need to be used accordingly.

 

Personally I don't want to be made to wear PPE thats any more restrictive than the current equipment, which it would need to be to offer more protection.

 

TBH I'm surprised that people think our PPE offers more protection than it does.

[Mick the Tree]

I was not really that surprised by what I found, but it seems to me - certainly with the Haix boots, that the kevlar made no difference whatsoever, in which case it's only there to tick a box and not to protect people at all

[martwizz]

To be fair, you'd have to be in a pretty interesting position to plunge the saw into the back of your ankle on full revs

[Rich2484]

PPE is only there to "give you a chance", saws are dangerous and need to be used accordingly.

 

Personally I don't want to be made to wear PPE thats any more restrictive than the current equipment, which it would need to be to offer more protection.

 

TBH I'm surprised that people think our PPE offers more protection than it does.

 

This is too true, ppe is only there as a last line of defence, it is down to the operator to ensure that he or she takes all neseccery steps to avoid an accident.

 

Bit like health and safety is only there to protect when all else fails.

[Pedroski]

Why are you cutting into the boot from the rear? I don't get what you're trying to show.

[arbogrunt]

kevlar flip flops it is then!