Warning GRAPHIC PICTURES chainsaw injury!

[Hanser]

OMG. Graphic as graphic could be.

 

Serious wake up call for me. Hope you recover quickly.

[mdvaden]

now that's just sweet as a nut !!

 

 

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Around 1985, the City of Portland Parks let a few of us golf course guys attend a safety presentation by John Deere equipment. They showed lots of graphics. One image was a man's groin.

 

After he jumped into a grain silo, not knowing a vertical pipe was stuck down in there for who knows why. It was the bloodiest of the injury photos. Coupled with that image, they showed two red cherries. A pleasant photo to go with the injury photo.

[White Noise]

Offer still open if you fancy healing your wounds at the lodge ; )

[Gnarlyoak]

Offer still open if you fancy healing your wounds at the lodge ; )

 

Cheers Dig, a kind offer. But even if I could drive I'm half way through trying to ease the discomfort with a nice bottle of red and codeine.

[devon TWiG]

Yes very graphic !! really sorry to see this and hope you get back to normal soon . It always scares me when I see people using saws with 1 hand but I have never seen it go wrong like this , brave of you and much respect for posting it though as it may well discourage others from doing so in the future , hope you have some one to help you out for a month or so !!

[Gnarlyoak]

Yes very graphic !! really sorry to see this and hope you get back to normal soon . It always scares me when I see people using saws with 1 hand but I have never seen it go wrong like this , brave of you and much respect for posting it though as it may well discourage others from doing so in the future , hope you have some one to help you out for a month or so !!

 

Sadly not, so having to learn how to wipe my arse with my left hand.....

 

I'm a freelance climber mate, so usually I am the help!!

[White Noise]

Sadly not, so having to learn how to wipe my arse with my left hand.....

 

I'm a freelance climber mate, so usually I am the help!!

 

Sorry I don't know anyone willing to wipe your arse . Can I have your Stihl 361 Enjoy you wine Rick . If you need owt just call matey .

[oldwoodcutter]

I dare say that nearly all of us who use a topper have used it one handed at one time or another,some more than most.Thanks for posting Gnarly,a wake up call for us all.

[peatff]

Sadly not, so having to learn how to wipe my arse with my left hand.....

 

Brushing your teeth is a bit if a challenge as well, get well soon and remember how it happened so you don't do it again.

[mendiplogs]

Doh!

 

Had a bit of a mishap last Tuesday whilst dismantling a dead multi stemmed HC. As I was chogging off a section of one of the stem, cutting holding the saw with my left hand ( I know operating a saw one handed ) and pushing the section with my right hand to stop it from pinching the saw. The section broke away, as planned and expected, but my left hand with the running saw rose up and I didn't move my right hand away quickly enough resulting in a mid air contact!

 

The tip and top of the saw cut into the palm of my hand and down my wrist towards the underside of my forearm. Youch! Came down out of the tree calling for the first aid kit, but once I took my glove off quickly realised there wouldn't be enough plasters in the box to cover it and a trip to A&E was called for. Still thought after a couple of stitches I would be back on site in time to help the lads out cleaning up. Sadly it wasn't a simple as that and I ended up in hospital for four days, requiring an operation to clean up and repair the damage..............

 

A stupid mistake to make, and despite the mess you see in the pics I was still extraordinarily lucky as I managed to miss all of the vital structures in my hand and wrist, such as the tendons and arteries by a fraction of millimetres.

 

This was an entirely avoidable accident. The diameter of the section I was cutting was just over the length of my 12" bar on my MS200. I elected to cut straight through the section one hand using my free hand as leverage. I could/should have used either a step cut, or a gob and back cut, and probably used a bigger saw instead as well. These options would have cost a few extra seconds, maybe a couple of minutes at the most changing up to a bigger saw. Instead I've unnecessarily put myself into hospital for four days and out of work for upto 3-4 weeks!! Muppet.

 

So think about what you're doing ladies and germs, and stay safe.

Hi mate I hope you get better very soon mate all most made me sick thanks Jon