Its always the close calls that make a man wiser
I've always have said that Chainsaws are like Vehicles. Breaking your concentration, even for a Jiffy is when something bad happens. Over 20 years of using Chainsaws, I haven't been injured YET running one. Luckily your injury was just a "love bite". Jiffy is actually a unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
PPE or not, it's the rare man who hasn't at some point gotten hurt at his work. Glad it wasn't any more serious.
Thanks for posting as a reminder to all of us that regardless of our motive (work or play), chainsaws demand our attention. Ron
You been running chainsaws since you were seven?
Sure have though nothing on the large side like a Stihl Magnum. Thank "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" Franchise and a family that makes the ones on the Jerry Springer Show look like the Partridge Family. Can't count how many times the Michigan State Police dragged my rearend home for terrorizing my Peers with a Chainsaw. It's NOT something that I'm very proud of and I try to keep my mind as busy as possible so I don't think about it that much.
I should have known you would have a story for this.. Sorry for doubting. But did you ever cut any wood?
Luckily I only got bit by residual momentum - my 036 Pro would've eaten my leg for lunch had the chain actually been under power at the time. Oh well...boy, do I feel stupid.
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