Came th-i-i-s close.........

JerryS · Sep 10, 2015

...to slicing my right thigh with my chain saw. I've been working to open up my back woods, sawing up deadfall and dragging it to a burn pile with my TRACTOR. I was tired and that big ole Stihl Magnum was heavy, and I let it sag as I was stepping over a limb. Did the same thing several years ago, lifting my left knee into the chain. That time it require ten stitches. Yud think I'd learn.

Glen SW Wi · Sep 10, 2015

I always keep two hands on the saw when it is running. Not a guarantee it won't happen but will cut down the chances of ripping your pants. Or worse your leg.

dr sportster · Sep 10, 2015

Certain saws I liked to keep a fear for. Radial arm saws [ hold tight ] ,chain saws [ hold tighter] .

Dick2 · Sep 10, 2015

Bought an electric chain saw 2 years ago on Black Friday sale. The neighbor used it about 10 minutes to cut down a dead tree and I decided that it would be too dangerous for me to use it myself, because I would probably cut myself and get an infection that could be really bad with my CLL. Had a friend going up to ND with his pickup, so I sent the next-to-new saw up to my nephew.

dahlin · Sep 10, 2015

I will not run a chain saw with out cutting chaps. Can't remember when I started running a saw but it was before there was such a thing. Seen and heard of many getting badly hurt with a saw it happens fast work safe and wear hearing protection.

snoopnc · Sep 10, 2015

DICK2 ... potential infection problems with CLL is a new one to me. My biggest complaint ... so far ....is fatigue. IF I push too hard, it is like suddenly running out of fuel... I am finished for the day. Sometimes I can go all day and other times just a few hours. Diagnosed fall of 2013.

Rick

Billy NY · Sep 10, 2015

Good safety protocol will dictate you have them on at all times when operating the saw.
You are lucky it did not suck inward or worse. I don't wear them when bucking and blocking in a neat and orderly work area, but having them on in the woods, brush or thicket is good insurance, they do make a nasty wound. I tore open my leg climbing down a wall after setting trusses, on the bolt of a stall latch, just through the pressure of my weight and hugging the wall, the male nurse at the ER, who cuts wood regularly in his off time, and knows my neighbor with the saw shop, told me so and so will set up fine with a set of chaps LOL ! Nice deep gouge just like a saw chain wound. The doctor had a heck of a time numbing it up, that was quality time with the doctor, bill was $621 even, but I had insurance at least.

Dick2 · Sep 10, 2015

I was diagnosed September of 2009. Various different problems affect people with CLL, so far I'm only having trouble with swelling lymph glands; blood counts are still in the good range.

37chief · Sep 10, 2015

I have done that too my pants also. It gets your attention. I tried that on my finger, I wasn't so lucky. Stan

sms · Sep 10, 2015

I learned a great, easy trick watching some other guys. They were working together handing a saw back and forth, whenever they handed it off the set the chainbrake/anti kickback. Made sense to me, if it ain't cuttin why have the chain turning. That is if your saw has one.

snoopnc · Sep 10, 2015

CLL ... Chronic Lymphocitic Lukemia. In my case, White Blood Cell count is really high and climbing. Everything else with blood numbers is OK. We are "monitoring" about 2 - 3 times a year. Fairly common wit older folk, and supposedly not very life threatening. As I indicated above, fatigue is the thing I watch.

CKain(MI) · Sep 10, 2015

Sorry to hear ! I was having a 'chronic fatigue' problem last spring and early summer.
thought I had been too lazy thru the winter, out of shape. Then in late June I was diagnosed with 'iron-overload'..way over), called 'Hemochromotosis'. It can kill ya ! !
Number one symptom is sudden fatigue, sweating, out of breath, etc. Also causes hair loss, liver damage, heart muscle damage & more. Thousands of people have the problem and they do not know it. Testing for this was removed from routine blood work back in 1997 because medicare decided it wasn't cost effective. what ?, a hundred dollar test versus later on having diabetes or cirrhosis ? ? The correction is just giving blood ! only way to lower your iron. I have been losing 500ml per week for 9 weeks, am now feeling good and my daily headaches went away ! ! BTW, this is genetic, we get it from our parents,,, and give it to our children !! Everyone over 50 should know what their 'Ferritin' level is and if it is high get a HFE gene test ! !

JML755 · Sep 11, 2015

I've got a pair of jeans like that. I've also got a pair of chaps and I wear them if I'm planning a serious day of cutting. But I got nicked when I just needed to cut a tree that fell across a path. Just 5 minutes of work, was rushing and moving quickly. Looked off to the side for a moment with the bar idling. Now, if I'm not wearing the chaps, I'll still grab the saw but I'm mindful at ALL times where that bar is.

Bryce Frazier · Sep 11, 2015

Thats a bad habbit!!

My mom has one (we wear chaps) when ever she would STOP cutting, but the saw was still running, she would put her left foot up on a stump or something, and then set the BAR of the saw on her left thigh... Just stupid.

Needless to say her chaps are all cut up right there... I always wear my chaps. Just takes one little oops, and well, you are in trouble! Plus, most of the time I am by myself, and in that case, an OOPS can be deadly!! :/

Bryce

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