sleeves

[Marc]

A mClimber I work with caught himself on the arm just before his elbow, he does'nt have many years in the harness, but he is one of the most carefull climbers I know, he uses 2 hands more than most of us do, and tries to always work to best practice.

 

He is still unsure of what exactly happened, what is sure is he lost control and the saw went into his arm, his finger was off the throttle so not at full revs, i'm sure a sleeve would of prevented this injury.

 

But that is such a rare occurance, and other than wrapping us in full kevlar rare occurance/accidnets will happen, its the nature of the work we do.

I except this, and will do everything I can to not injure myself through good saw handling etc, NOT by covering myself in chainsaw protection.

 

So I hope they will never make wearing sleeves law.

[bob]

and so say me too well put marc and tellhol you can get jackets with chainsaw protection and chainmail gloves

[bill]

a guy i work with was lowering a hedge and a branch he was standing on snapped and he lost his balance. the arm sleeve stopped him from cutting his arm.

[John Shutler]

like i said in the one handed saw use thread we all do a job that is alot to do with educated risks.why put yourself in the situation where you could cut yourself. i use a saw one handed in the right situation, there is really no need to wear arm protectionj, and if you think there is you should probably think about your work practices.

[telhol]

A good climber can easily see why there good bits of kit. if some thing can make you safer and you ignore it well touch alot of wood. I would never say ill never cut myself but i will make sure i use every thing availible to protect myself from that.

 

Trust me ill never put myself in front of a saw on purpose but we all use a 200t one handed think how easy it could kick back you will not stop kick back one handed so we all take risk. We need a light sabre ha ha that would make life easier.

 

Be safe before anything else anything else can be your asse.

[bob]

A good climber can easily see why there good bits of kit. if some thing can make you safer and you ignore it well touch alot of wood. I would never say ill never cut myself but i will make sure i use every thing availible to protect myself from that.

 

Trust me ill never put myself in front of a saw on purpose but we all use a 200t one handed think how easy it could kick back you will not stop kick back one handed so we all take risk. We need a light sabre ha ha that would make life easier.

 

Be safe before anything else anything else can be your asse.

not every body uses them one handed be safe and dont cut your ass or people will be wanting ass protectors as well as sleeve protectors do you wear 2 pairs double protection and what about some for your upper arms