who's cut themselves with a chainsaw

[stumpjumper83]

Intersted in the percentage of those here who have been hit my a saw. Please everyone, vote. I personally have not drawn blood, but my father and alot of my logger friends have, some very seriously. I'm wondering if I have unlucky friends or if they are the norm. Choices are as follows...

1.) I have never drawn blood with a chainsaw, and pray for continued saftey

2.) I have drawn blood from myself but stitches were not required.

3.) I have drawn blood from a bystander, groundy, or helper with a chainsaw

4.) I have done serious injury requiring immediate medical attention due to a chainsaw accident. To either self or others.

:help:

-- Mods, I wanted this in a poll form but couldn't get puter to cooperate

 

[BC_Logger]

I made the mistake of not wearing my chaps, it was a small cut on my left thigh but none the less lesson learned the hard way

 

[kennertree]

4. I cut my hand with a chainsaw, it required surgery. Cut my leg with a chainsaw, required stitches. Cut my hand with a mean silky, it required surgery also.

 

[John464]

sliced my calf pretty good when I was 15(first year doing tree work). Stitches inside and outside . cut was really deep. could see my calf muscle moving as the guys guys helped me hobble to the truck and take me to emrgency room. Learned to respect chainsaws after that.

2nd one and hopefully the last. Caught the top of my index finger with a Ms200t that wouldnt stop spinning at idle. Took a flap of skin off and about half my nail. Yes, I was one handing while climbing. I still one hand, but learned my lesson on how to one hand to minimize such risk.

 

[Grace Tree]

I made the mistake of not wearing my chaps, it was a small cut on my left thigh but none the less lesson learned the hard way

Same here on my right thigh. It was a good lesson learned. Assorted Silky punctures.
Phil

 

[Curbside]

#2

I was working late afternoon when the tempertures were way up there and the humidity was even higher. I wasn't thinking properly and grabbed the saw and started it before taking the blade guard off of it. To make thinks worse I didn't lock the chain up and the saw was not set right and it was spinning inside the guard. Instead of turning the saw off I grabbed the chain guard to slide it off the bar. Just at the time the guard flew off and the chain bit me. Another 1/4 of an inch and things could have been real bad. Cut me right across my lower index finger. Even better the customer was standing not 10 feet away. I felt like a total idiot. Amazing how you can do things right most of the time and then one time when not thinking you do eveything wrong.

 

[mysawmyrules]

1.) I have never drawn blood with a chainsaw, and pray for continued saftey

However a stihl trimmer with a saw blade on kicked back and took me off balance and put a vent between the sole of my boot and the leather no stitches pretty creative with gause and tape ( duct tape 3M brand I think it was black)

 

[Timberhauler]

I've been cut three times over the course of twenty years.All were due to the saw kicking back

 

[Jonsered2095]

1.

Never drawn blood, just sap. Never worn chaps, like to use the bar tip, and make bore cuts. Yeah, I know...

 

[sawinredneck]

Does a mitre saw count?

 

[ropensaddle]

Does slipping off tooth while sharpening count I have permanent
scar tissue on my right index finger
I have tried gloves but not for me can not get the feel with them
on but now have a machine to sharpen and have not cut knuckle since.
I have cut the tip of my boots on different occasions climbing just a nick
no meat but boots look rough sure glad that was all!

 

[Mitchell]

2

10 years ago I slipped and my saw grabbed my chaps and twisted the chaps around my leg allowing the teeth to settle unto my kneecap. the chaps worked enough to make the injury minor thankfully. I rarely ware chaps in favour of saw pants; much better protection. I also cut part of the tip of my index finger off well one handing a month ago. Hurt but it was not serious enough to prevent me from finishing the tree before coming down. The worst I have seen in person; A friend caught a kick back just under the windpipe cutting a ugly gash down his sternum. Impressive scar to this day

 

[OilHead]

Was watchin a show last night on Descovery Ch. Appairently deep sea fishing is the most dangerious job. Being a logger is in 2ed place. Think you know.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Does slipping off tooth while sharpening count

My knuckles look like abstract art, no chance of a hand model job for me.

I did take off the a 1/2 inch chunk of my right thumb pad with a hedge shear ~12 years ago.

 

[Cedarkerf]

When I was 15 dinged a fingernail typical bad running idling to fast. No blood just a piece of nail. The only blood was from someone elses broken chain hit me from 25 feet away. Numb wrist for half an hour a gauze pad and i was fine nice scar though.

 

[booboo]

Does a mitre saw count?

Sure counts as a saw cut. Hurts too and I've got the scar to prove it. There's actually a funny story behind that particular scar.

Knock on wood, I've never been cut with a chainsaw, closest is 1 pair of nicked chaps and 1 nicked boot, both late in the day, tired and lazy.

Also a nice puncture from a handsaw. Ice, pressure, paper towels and duct tape to stop that one, then back up the tree to finish.

 

[daemon2525]

I have cut myself on many things and have scars all over my hands. I make jokes sometimes and have folks try and count them.

Nothing serious though. For chainsaws I have only cut myself on chains that were not on the saw.

Unplug your ROUTERS while changing bits!!! I have one that you have to turn the bit to a certain spot to lock the bit so that the wrench will loosen the collet. Well the lock is next to the ON switch. So i am turning the bit with my hand while I accidently turned the thing on. That left a mark.

 

[sawinredneck]

I cut the top half of my left thumb off with a mitre saw.

 

[Bermie]

#1, long may it continue!

Several Silky bites though, lucky I was wearing gloves last week, got my left index finger twice, drew blood even with gloves!

 

[Treetom]

Chainsaw 101: Always lock both thumbs

I got a few nicks and a couple stiches over the years and one NASTY cut from a 288xp. It happened while making the last cut on a 24" sumac. I had a firm grip on the side of the handlebar with my right hand, thumb locked, and was dantily working the throttle with my left thumb and index finger. Just as I was finishing the cut the saw kicked back into my right leg, just above the knee. The firm grip I had on the side of the handlebar with my right hand acted as a pivot point as the bar arched around into into my leg. No time to move my leg or grip the saw properly. The saw was at high RPM and the results were instantaneous. I cut through the all the tissue and came up just short of the bone, no major vein damage, luckily. A little lower, I would have hit my knee, a little higher, perhaps the femoral artery. I've been fortunate enough to have recovered from this injury.