fruitcakesa
Veteran Member
My worst case of chainsaw stupidity happened when I was cutting out the log wall on my home to install a set of french doors.
It was a warm spring day, so no helmet, chaps or gloves were in use.
I was standing near the top of an old wooden step ladder that was poorly set on rough ground.
Of course, in the middle of a cut, the ladder decided to topple over.
For some idiotic reason I did not drop the saw as I fell and in the tumble, the still rotating chain hit the top my left hand between the thumb and first finger. Blood was everywhere and my wife came running at my call for help.
Miraculously, the chain only cut "non-essential" flesh and no bone, tendon or ligament was touched.
I have had to endure my wife's I told you so's since but also have been a scrupulous user of total safety gear when I cut.
It was a warm spring day, so no helmet, chaps or gloves were in use.
I was standing near the top of an old wooden step ladder that was poorly set on rough ground.
Of course, in the middle of a cut, the ladder decided to topple over.
For some idiotic reason I did not drop the saw as I fell and in the tumble, the still rotating chain hit the top my left hand between the thumb and first finger. Blood was everywhere and my wife came running at my call for help.
Miraculously, the chain only cut "non-essential" flesh and no bone, tendon or ligament was touched.
I have had to endure my wife's I told you so's since but also have been a scrupulous user of total safety gear when I cut.