Man cuts face with chainsaw

[Jstpssng]

Man slices face open with chainsaw but has to drive himself to hospital because he was unable to call for help

This is a gruesome one. When they were talking about it on the radio I had to change the station. The guy must be made out of titanium though, after cutting himself he drove to the hospital.

Be careful out there. I will be thinking about this the next time that I fire up my saw.

 

[Industrial Toys]

My Mom knew a man that cut himself in the face with a chainsaw while doing something in a tree. Probably from a ladder. I don't think there is enough money, for someone to pay me to use a chainsaw from a ladder.

 

[Ken]

When chain saws 1st. began to be used my Father purchased a Pioneer made in Canada . chain bar maybe 16" remember couldn't cut very large tree.
Working alone in the woods and 10 miles from doctor. all country dirt roads. and cutting a tree the saw pinched then kicked back no protection brake . chain flayed the cheek to bone and close to eye, nose with flap hanging down cheek .
walked to truck no clean cloths or first aid material .used a handkerchief and black cloth electrical tape wrapped over the head to stop or slow the bleeding and drove to doctor office. Walking inside across waiting room to tell nurse he needed help .he cleared to room with people leaving . the doctor waiting on another patient told her he had a emergency to return later. Doctor cleaned stitched face cannot remember the number of stiches but it re healed with
scars that ran ear to eye ,nose ,along side of mouth . This was before having to go to Hospital like he would been sent today. It remained livid red for couple if years . then scar was less noticeable .
The saw remained on stump in woods for several years then disappeared . think a deer hunter may found it.
every time I use a chain saw think of this time my Dad had.
ken

 

[Industrial Toys]

Terrible!

We couldn't possibly have gotten hurt with our first saw, the Pioneer, with "Easy Arc Starting" because we could never get it started. Wasn't it a product of OMC?

 

[Ken]

Terrible!

We couldn't possibly have gotten hurt with our first saw, the Pioneer, with "Easy Arc Starting" because we could never get it started. Wasn't it a product of OMC?

It was a dry weather saw .high humidity or damp and could not start even with a shot of either. this happened back in the 50's
there has been improvements since then.
ken

 

[atsah]

Not good. I read about a logger here in Maine some how got his leg caught under a tree and couldn't get out from under it, it was 0F and night was near, he cut his leg at the knee with his saw crawled onto his skidder for 1/2 mile to his truck and drove to the hospital.. He survived.

 

[Industrial Toys]

If I rip off a scab, I bleed like crazy. Such an accident, I'd never make it. Never mind, I get light headed and almost pass out when I injure myself. The old oil pressure just drops out of sight.

 

[oosik]

That is the MAIN reason I went to my small Stihl. Small bar - easier to control. My big Stihl is now used only to section up big trees. Small Stihl is used to thin my pine stands.

 

[Bigfoot62]

That happened to a friend of mine, years ago. He was lucky. Only skin deep. No muscles or bone involved. Still wears a scar.

 

[oosik]

Friend was not so lucky. Kickback just missed his left ear and cut deeply into left shoulder. Missed major arteries and did not cut completely thru shoulder bone. He bled like a stuck pig. Had to put blanket over his shoulder. Looking at the wound made me woozy and I was the driver.

He survived - MAJOR scar - some loss of mobility in his left arm.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Makes me glad, (in a way), that I only smashed my Best, most expensive saw the other day.

 

[Mace Canute]

Back quite a few years ago a guy I worked with decided to use a chainsaw to do some cutting on a small rear deck on his house. I'm fuzzy on the details of why he decided to do it like he did but what he did was lay on his back under the deck (had to lay on his back to get under it) and cut with the chain directly over his head. It kicked back and just barely peeled a little skin off his lip, didn't even bleed he said. You absolutely can not get any closer to a running chainsaw than that. Needless to say, after we heard about that all of us were a lot more cautious when working with him.

 

[tradosaurus]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TZXUG9I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/NoCry-Industrial-Forestry-Protection-Protective/dp/B07CX3QYHW/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=hard+hat+with+face+shield&qid=1553174659&refinements=p_72%3A2661618011&rnid=2661617011&s=gateway&sr=8-5

After I moved to the country and bought a chain saw I purchased the above two items.

I use the chain saw quite a bit so my chance of an accident is fairly high.

 

[Thomas]

One of the problems when chainsaw meets flesh it tears instead of cuts.

 

[TractorNH]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TZXUG9I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/NoCry-Industrial-Forestry-Protection-Protective/dp/B07CX3QYHW/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=hard+hat+with+face+shield&qid=1553174659&refinements=p_72%3A2661618011&rnid=2661617011&s=gateway&sr=8-5

After I moved to the country and bought a chain saw I purchased the above two items.

I use the chain saw quite a bit so my chance of an accident is fairly high.

I never used to wear much safety gear but now I'm older and wiser, and lucky to have lived to get older and wiser. I bought the same chaps last spring and a helmet slightly differerent than the one you linked. The cost of the chaps and helmet is FAR less expensive than my $500 ER copay would be if I got hurt and using them causes much less pain as well.

Most people get hurt when they get complacent and forget to respect the tool they are using whether it be a chainsaw, a tractor, a utility knife, or even just a pair of scisors. My wife almost had an ambulance ride and ER visit from trying to open a **** plastic blister pack package with a pair of scisors, almost sliced her wrist open but fortunately didn't go deep. First and foremost ALWAYS respect the tool.

 

[radios1]

I think this would be the best to protect the legs. Chainmail Leggings AH3871 Deepeeka there are shirts available too.. I don't have as much faith in Kevlar..

 

[atsah]

I hope SR doesn't see them, all we need is to see pictures of him in those things with his logging winch..:laughing:

 

[Jstpssng]

I hope SR doesn't see them, all we need is to see pictures of him in those things with his logging winch..:laughing:

That's an image I could have lived without envisioning. Now I have to go wash my eyes out with soap!

 

[CS2210]

A guy I worked with a couple years ago had an accident with his saw.it was Halloween night so his wife and kids were gone. He was bucking up stove wood from the log pile when the nose of the chain caught a log behind the one he was cutting. The saw kicked and luckily the chain brake was working because the saw got him in the chin, tore a small piece of bone out of his chin and cut down his throat.

He ran into his house to look at the damage and said blood was pouring at that point, and forgot he had ear plugs in and thought he was dying because he could hear his heart pounding in his ears. Once he took out the plugs he started to calm down some. He then had to call his wife and wait for her to come get him to take him to the hospital where they stitched him back together. Other then a scar and a story he walked away fine. Lucky the chain brake was working or his wife and children could have come home to a real bad scene.

 

[Captain Dirty]

Back quite a few years ago a guy I worked with decided to use a chainsaw to do some cutting on a small rear deck on his house. I'm fuzzy on the details of why he decided to do it like he did but what he did was lay on his back under the deck (had to lay on his back to get under it) and cut with the chain directly over his head. . .

When I had a defibrillator implanted in my chest it came with a warning to keep ignition sources like spark plugs more than 6" away from the device. Someone, perhaps on this forum, observed "If you have a chainsaw spark plug less than 6" away from your chest, you have a much bigger problem than possible electro-magnetic interference."